Bolus

имя существительное 1) большая таблетка, пилюля, шарик (лекарство) 2) кусок непрожёванной пищи во рту 3) шарик Синоним(ы): bead

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Bolus

noun (plural boluses) Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek bōlos lump 1. a rounded mass: as a. a large pill b. a soft mass of chewed food 2. a dose of a substance (as a drug) given intravenously; specifically a large dose given for the purpose of rapidly achieving the needed therapeutic concentration in the bloodstream

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