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   bolus

   /ˈbəʊləs/

   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.
   • ▪ a single dose of a drug or other medicinal preparation given all at once.

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

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • B

     3

   • O

     1

   • L

     1

   • U

     1

   • S

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