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Bolus vs Dosage - What's the difference?

bolus | dosage |

As nouns the difference between bolus and dosage

is that bolus is a round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal while dosage is the administration of a medication etc, in a measured amount; dosing.

bolus

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal.
  • A single, large dose of a drug, especially one in that form.
  • Usage notes

    * (term) is the somewhat more common plural form of (bolus) in scholarly use.

    dosage

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The administration of a medication etc, in a measured amount; dosing
  • The addition of a small measured amount of a substance to something e.g. sugar to wine
  • The measured amount so administered or added; the dose
  • Anagrams

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