Bolus

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