globus

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   medicine: a persistent sensation of a lump or tightness in the throat when no physical obstruction is present

   Anxiety can intensify the patient's feeling of globus.

2. 2
   noun

   a roughly spherical body, mass, or anatomical structure

   The anatomical atlas labels the rounded structure as a globus.

From Latin globus ("sphere, ball"). The medical phrase globus hystericus was historically used for the sensation of a lump in the throat; current clinical writing often uses globus sensation or globus pharyngeus.

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