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prebolus

prebolus verb: to take a premeal (preprandial) bolus of insulin shortly before a meal (usually just a few minutes before).

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 prebolus

third-person singular presentpreboluses
present participleprebolusing
past participleprebolused
pastprebolused
alternative formpre-bolus

Origin of prebolus

From pre- + bolus.

Questions about prebolus

What does prebolus mean?
Prebolus means to take a premeal (preprandial) bolus of insulin shortly before a meal (usually just a few minutes before).
What part of speech is prebolus?
Prebolus is a verb.
What is the past tense of prebolus?
The past tense of prebolus is prebolused.

Words near prebolus in the dictionary

  1. preboding
  2. preboil
  3. preboiled
  4. preboiling
  5. preboils
  6. prebolus
  7. prebolused
  8. preboluses
  9. prebolusing
  10. prebonding
  11. preboned

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