title: Bolus
text: # 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
  