Globus

Any ball-shaped part of the body.


A spherical or globe-shaped structure; for example the globus pallidus, part of the lenticular nucleus in the brain.


A term applied generally to any structures of ball shape, but especially to the sensation of a ball in the throat causing choking, which forms a common symptom of acute anxiety (globus hystericus).


 

 


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