different between bolus vs boles

English

Etymology

From Late Latin b?lus (“clod of earth, lump”), plural b?l?, from Ancient Greek ????? (bôlos, “clod, lump”). Doublet of bole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??l?s/

  Rhymes: -??l?s

Noun

bolus (plural boli or boluses)

1. A round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal.
2. A single, large dose of a drug, especially one in that form.

Usage notes

• Boli is the somewhat more common plural form of bolus in scholarly use.

Translations

Verb

bolus (third-person singular simple present boluses, present participle bolusing, simple past and past participle bolused)

1. (intransitive) To take a dose of insulin at a mealtime in order to control one's blood glucose level in diabetes.

Further reading

• bolus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Loubs, bouls, lobus

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bo?.l?s/
• Hyphenation: bo?lus

Etymology 1

Generally regarded as borrowed from Yiddish [Term?], from Ladino [Term?], from Spanish bollo or bola.

Noun

bolus m (plural bolussen, diminutive bolusje n)

1. A sweet, soft pastry containing cinnamon from Zeeland, originating from European Jewish cuisine.
2. (colloquial, Netherlands, by extension) A turd, a pat.

Alternative forms

• bole (dated)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin b?lus, from Ancient Greek ????? (bôlos).

Noun

bolus m or f (plural bolussen)

1. A type of fat clay.

   Synonym: bool

Hyponyms

• zegelaarde

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bolus/

Verb

bolus

1. conditional of boli

English

Noun

boles

1. plural of bole

Anagrams

• Blose, Lebos, Sobel, lebos, lesbo, lobes, sobel

Catalan

Noun

boles

1. plural of bola

Latvian

Noun

boles f

1. genitive singular form of bole
2. nominative plural form of bole
3. vocative plural form of bole
4. accusative plural form of bole

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

boles

1. police

Inflection

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Spanish

Noun

boles

1. plural of bol