bolus

Meaning of bolus

noun
  1. a small rounded mass of a substance, especially of chewed food at the moment of swallowing.
    mucin holds the particles of food together in a ball or bolus
  2. a type of large pill used in veterinary medicine.

mid 16th century (denoting a large pill): via late Latin from Greek bōlos ‘clod’.

Information about bolus

  • It is a name.
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Hyphenation of bolus

bo-lus

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
  • bolus is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of bolus

lobus

Words that rhyme with bolus

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