Bolus
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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 (medicine), 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 (3rd century BC), esoteric Greek philosopher
 - Brian Bolus (born 1934), former English cricketer who played in 7 Tests from 1963
 - Frank Bolus (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, 1877–1970), South African botanist
 - Malvina Bolus (1906–1997), Canadian historian and art collector, and editor of the Hudson's Bay Company magazine The Beaver
 
Other uses
- Bolus, a type of space tether, in spaceflight
 - Bolus armenus, 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
 - Zeeuwse Bolus, a pastry from the Netherlands
 - Bolus (Belgium), a Belgian pastry
 
See also
- All pages with titles containing Bolus
 - Bolas (disambiguation)