bolus
Soft food wad
A bolus is a rounded mass, especially one passing through the body.
In medicine, a bolus is a dose of medication given all at once rather than gradually: The nurse administered a bolus of insulin.
In digestion, it's the ball of chewed food ready to swallow.
The word appears in veterinary contexts for large pills given to livestock.
Partially digested stomach contents
- masticationTeeth-based food breakdown
- chewingCrushing food orally
- salivaMouth's digestive secretion
- swallowingIngesting via throat muscles
peristalsis · esophagus · stomach · gastric · deglutition · pharynx · enzymes · digestion
Syringe-delivered dose
- intravenousInto the vein
- infusionSteeping to extract essence
- pharmacokineticsDrug fate in body
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
dosage · concentration · bioavailability · therapeutic · onset · peak · duration · tracer
Ejecting swallowed material
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- cudRechewed stomach contents
- ruminantMulti-stomached grazing mammal
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
herbivore · rechewing · fermentation · cellulose · grazing · livestock · fodder
Fired clay objects
- ceramicsHardened clay objects
- kaolinWhiteite mineral for pottery
- pigmentColor-imparting material
- gildingApplying decorative gold coating
gesso · gold leaf · burnishing · iconography
chyme
Partially digested stomach contents
- masticationTeeth-based food breakdown
- chewingCrushing food orally
- salivaMouth's digestive secretion
swallowing · peristalsis · esophagus · stomach · gastric · deglutition · pharynx · enzymes · digestion · amylase
morsel
Small piece of food
gobbet · clump · hunk · fragment · nugget · wedge · slab · nodule · knob · block
injection
Syringe-delivered dose
- intravenousInto the vein
- infusionSteeping to extract essence
- pharmacokineticsDrug fate in body
administration · dosage · concentration · bioavailability · therapeutic · onset · peak · duration · tracer · radiology
regurgitation
Ejecting swallowed material
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- cudRechewed stomach contents
- ruminantMulti-stomached grazing mammal
cattle · herbivore · rechewing · fermentation · cellulose · grazing · livestock · fodder
pottery
Fired clay objects
gilding · gesso · gold leaf · burnishing · iconography
- digestionstomach acid, swallowing, digesting, chewing, digestion
- pharmacypharmacist, pharmacy, prescription, dispensing, prescriptions
- chewingmastication, chewing, gnawing, grinding, biting
- stomachstomach, stomach acid, gastric acid, stomach lining, fundus
- lumpsbump, lump, nodule, knob, nub
- diabetestype 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, blood sugar, insulin pump, insulin resistance
bolusliquid
Free-flowing substance
solution · dispersion · suspension · powder · mist
bolusdrip
Liquid falling slowly
infusion · IV drip · slow release · sustained release · trickle
- bolo tieDecorative sliding-clasp neckwear
metabolism, bole, embolism, bolo, catabolism, embolic, embolize