(1) On Midway Island in the Hawaiian chain, a bolus , or mass of chewed food, coughed up by one bird included many identifiable objects.

(2) The cardiac sphincter opens because of increasing pressure in the esophagus from the food bolus .

(3) Peering then through the glass, which demarcated the realms wherein we exist, I felt the bolus of grief form in my gullet.

(4) A low power laser warms the targeted tissue and releases a bolus of photosensitizer.

(5) The goal is a reduction in the resting pressure to allow passage of the food bolus into the stomach.

(6) Treatment was given intravenously as a bolus for the lowest two doses and as a 30-minute infusion for the two highest doses.

(7) This may be due to a large bolus of concentrated solute reaching the myocardium.

(8) Subsequently, the bolus is transferred to the digestive tract where it is chemically reduced.

(9) Our analysis shows that the two weak stages in the system are drugs that require multiple step preparation and administration of doses as a bolus .

(10) I said, nonchalantly gulping down a bolus of fear.

(11) Unfortunately, the bacon lump was much larger than I expected, and as a half-chewed bolus disappeared down my throat, I realised I wouldn't be able to swallow it.

(12) The tongue directs the bolus of chewed food to the pharynx as an initial step in the involuntary reflex swallowing mechanism.

(13) Of the eight legs injected with a single 30-ml bolus of dye, seven developed high pressures and one did not.

(14) During summer and autumn, jays routinely make hundreds of food caches per day, placing each saliva-coated bolus in a separate arboreal site.

(15) Typically, local anesthetics and opiates, alone or in combination, are administered through the epidural catheter as an infusion or a bolus to provide analgesia.

(16) The drug bolus was followed by continuous infusion of 50 g/kg/hour until the experiment ended at 48 hours.

(17) The new thinking is that when you take in a small bolus of protein before exercise, essentially you're giving that protein time to break down while you're working your muscles.

(18) The power supply then plugs into that, giving me a very long power cable with a bolus of electrical tape in the middle.

(19) Parent tree swallows deliver food to nestlings in a bolus , making it difficult to determine either the quantity or quality of food.

(20) We are going to gain venous access and give your baby a fluid bolus because she is shut-down

(21) After passing the pharynx during swallowing, the food bolus enters the esophagus, which is positioned at approximately the level of the sixth cervical vertebra.

(22) An IV bolus of 3-5 g arginine reduced blood pressure and platelet aggregation in patients with type 1 diabetes.

(23) For an allergic person, a small amount of caffeine acts like a bolus , generating abnormal psychological response, including mania.

(24) The recommended dose for patients with cardiac arrest is 300 mg given intravenously as a bolus .

(25) No data have been reported on the absorption of morphine and other medications added to the fluid bag or given as a bolus .

(26) Some intravenous trials used 1-2 g magnesium sulfate alone, while others used a similar dose as an initial bolus , followed by slower drips over the next few hours.

(27) Successively, ingestion, food transport to the processing teeth, chewing and bolus formation, and swallowing can be recognized.

(28) The most common error was injecting bolus doses faster than the recommended speed of 3-5 minutes.

(29) Upon arrival, he experienced a severe bout of hypotension that was to be treated with a saline bolus .

(30) This has a greater efficacy than a single, large bolus does.