Bolus

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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 (not in a slow manner, hence the rate[kinetics] of drug administration under bolus mode can be determined and neglected during the derivation of the kinectic equation)
• 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 (3rd century BC), esoteric Greek Philosopher.
• 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
• Frank Bolus (1864–1939), English cricketer for Somerset

Geography

• Bolus, or Baulus, an Anatolian village on the site of ancient Berissa
• Bolus, Iran, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran

Other

• Bolus (spaceflight), a type of space tether
• 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
• Zeeuwse Bolus, a pastry from the Netherlands
• Bolus hook, an instrument in a Jacquard loom

See also

• Bolas (disambiguation)

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