Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Bolus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bolus \Bo"lus\, n.; pl. {Boluses}. [L. bolus bit, morsel; cf. G.
? lump of earth. See {Bole}, n., clay.]
A rounded mass of anything, esp. a large pill.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bolus
n 1: a small round soft mass (as of chewed food)
2: a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine
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