Bolus
# 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
