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globus hystericus en · NOUN

Etymology

Scientific Latin, from Latin globus (“globe”) + hystericus (“hysteric”).

Meanings

  1. (dated, proscribed, uncountable) Globus (lump in the throat) when believed (by the speaker or writer) to be psychosomatic (hysterical).
    • A careful evaluation of a patient with globus hystericus, possibly with the assistance of X-ray or laryngoscopy evidence, reveals no anatomical evidence of upper respiratory obstruction. 2001, Stephen T. Holgate, Martin Church, Lawrence M. Lichtenstein, editors, Allergy, page 168:
    • Something which could later be interpreted as hysteria – a disorder marked by palpitations, migratory pain, breathing difficulties and the globus hystericus – might be attributed to a wandering uterus. 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 78: