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pre-bolus

pre-bolus is the alternative form of prebolus.

Meaning of prebolus

Verb

prebolus (third-person singular simple present preboluses, present participle prebolusing, simple past and past participle prebolused)

  1. (intransitive) To take a premeal (preprandial) bolus of insulin shortly before a meal (usually just a few minutes before).
    • Should I prebolus or not before starchy dinners?
  2. (transitive) To administer (one's insulin dose) in this way.
    • I'm going to prebolus my shot today.
  3. (transitive) To preempt bad effects of (one's meals) in this way.
    • I'm going to prebolus the hell out of that pizza.

Forms of pre-bolus

third-person singular presentpre-boluses
present participlepre-bolusing
past participlepre-bolused
pastpre-bolused

Questions about pre-bolus

What is pre-bolus the alternative form of?
Pre-bolus is the alternative form of prebolus.

Words near pre-bolus in the dictionary

  1. pre-blocks
  2. pre-board
  3. pre-boarded
  4. pre-boarding
  5. pre-boards
  6. pre-bolus
  7. pre-bolused
  8. pre-boluses
  9. pre-bolusing
  10. pre-bonsai
  11. pre-bonsais

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