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What is a bolus?

What is a bolus? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  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.
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Successively, ingestion, food transport to the processing teeth, chewing and bolus formation, and swallowing can be recognized.
Parent tree swallows deliver food to nestlings in a bolus, making it difficult to determine either the quantity or quality of food.
The bolus passes from the vallecula into the piriform sinuses, before entering the esophagus.
Once the bolus enters the pharynx, it is transported distally in a structure that can be described as a tubular conduit.
A low power laser warms the targeted tissue and releases a bolus of photosensitizer.
Another factor that may limit uptake of the radiopharmaceutical is the transient nature of the tracer bolus presented to the cells in vivo.

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