Bolus may refer to:

Geography

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

Medicine

Bolus (digestion) In digestion, a bolus (from Latin ''bolus'', "ball") is a ball-like mixture of food and saliva that forms in the mouth during the process of chewing (which is largely an adaptation for plant-eating mammals). It has the same color as the food be ...

, a ball-shaped mass moving through the digestive tract *

Bolus (medicine) In medicine, a bolus (from Latin ''bolus'', ball) is the administration of a discrete amount of medication, drug, or other compound within a specific time, generally 1–30 minutes, to raise its concentration in blood to an effective level. The ...

, 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 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 with the name

Bolus of Mendes Bolus of Mendes ( grc-gre, Βῶλος ὁ Μενδήσιος, ''Bōlos ho Mendēsios''; fl. 3rd century BC) was a philosopher, a neopythagorean writer of works of esoterica and medicine, in Ptolemaic Egypt. Both the ''Suda'', and a later work mis ...

(3rd century BC), esoteric Greek philosopher *

Brian Bolus John Brian Bolus (31 January 1934 – 7 May 2020) was an English cricketer who played in seven Test matches from 1963 to 1964. Cricket commentator Colin Bateman stated, "Bolus was essentially an accumulator, dependably totting up 25,000 runs ...

(born 1934), former English cricketer who played in 7 Tests from 1963 *

Frank Bolus Frank Bolus (2 November 1864 – 15 September 1939) played first-class cricket for Somerset in 10 matches in the 1893 and 1894 seasons. He was born at Wolverhampton and died at Coventry. Bolus was used by Somerset as a lower-order right-handed ...

(1864–1939), English cricketer for Somerset * Harry Bolus (1834–1911), South African botanist, botanical artist, businessman and philanthropist * Edward John Bolus (1897–?), poet, civil servant, and clergyman *

Louisa Bolus Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus ''née'' Kensit (31 July 1877, Burgersdorp – 5 April 1970, Cape Town) was a South African botanist and taxonomist, and the longtime curator of the Bolus Herbarium, from 1903. Bolus also has the legacy of authorin ...

(Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus née Kensit, 1877–1970), South African botanist *

Malvina Bolus Malvina Marjorie Bolus, (July 4, 1906 – April 6, 1997) was a Canadian historian and art collector, best known as the editor of the Hudson's Bay Company magazine '' The Beaver''. Born in Fox Bay, Falkland Islands, she was educated in Englan ...

(1906–1997), Canadian historian and art collector, and editor of the Hudson's Bay Company magazine ''The Beaver''

Other uses

Bolus Bolus may refer to: Geography * Bolus, Iran, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran * Bolus, or Baulus, an Anatolian village on the site of ancient Berissa Medicine * Bolus (digestion), a ball-shaped mass moving through the digestive tract * Bolus ...

, a type of space tether, in spaceflight *

Bolus armenus Armenian bole, also known as bolus armenus or bole armoniac, is an earthy clay, usually red, native to Armenia but also found in other places. The term Armenian was later referred to a specific quality of the clay. Originally used in medication, it ...

, an example of a bole (a reddish soft variety of clay used as a pigment) * Bolus Herbarium, an herbarium at the University of Cape Town established in 1865 from a donation by Harry Bolus * Bolus hook, an instrument in a

Jacquard loom The Jacquard machine () is a device fitted to a loom that simplifies the process of manufacturing textiles with such complex patterns as brocade, damask and matelassé. The resulting ensemble of the loom and Jacquard machine is then called a J ...

* Zeeuwse Bolus, a pastry from the Netherlands * Bolus (Belgium), a Belgian pastry

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