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Bolus can refer to

Medicine

  • Bolus (medicine), the administration of a drug, medication or other substance in the form of a single, large dose
  • Bolus (radiation therapy), a tissue equivalent substance used in radiation therapy
  • Bolus (digestion), a ball-shaped mass moving through the digestive tract
  • Bolus tracking, technique used in computed tomography imaging, to visualise vessels more clearly
  • Triple bolus test, a medical diagnostic procedure used to assess pituitary function

People

  • Bolus of Mendes (4th century BC), ancient Greek philosopher
  • Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus (1877-1970), South African botanist
  • Harry Bolus (1834 - 1911), South African botanist, botanical artist, businessman and philanthropist.
  • Malvina Bolus (1906 - 1997), Canadian historian and art collector, and editor of the Hudson's Bay Company magazine The Beaver.
  • Brian Bolus (born 1934), former English cricketer who played in 7 Tests from 1963

Other

  • bole, a reddish soft variety of clay used as a pigment, such as bolus armenus.
  • Vigilante Bolus, an insecticide used with cattle to reduce the number of flies in an area.
  • Bolus Herbarium, a herbarium at the University of Cape Town established in 1865 from a donation by Harry Bolus
  • Bolus, a pastry from the Netherlands
  • Bolus hook, an instrument in a Jacquard loom
  • Bolus, or Baulus, an Anatolian village on the site of ancient Berissa

See also