globus hystericus

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

globus hystericus (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) Globus, especially seen as hysterical or psychosomatic. [from 18th c.]
    • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 78:
      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.
    • 2001, Stephen T. Holgate, Martin Church, Lawrence M. Lichtenstein, editors, Allergy, page 168:
      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.