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Bolus (medicine)
In medicine, a
bolus
(from
Latin
, ball) is the administration of a discrete amount of
medication
,
drug
or other compound in order to raise its concentration in
blood
to an
effective level
. The administration can be given by
injection
:
intravenously
;
intramuscularly
;
intrathecally
; or
subcutaneously
.
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