| globus | 1. A round body; ball. See: globi. Synonym: globe. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| globus hystericus | Difficulty in swallowing; a sensation as of a ball in the throat or as if the throat were compressed; a symptom of conversion disorder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| globus major | The upper and larger extremity of the epididymis. Synonym: caput epididymidis, caput epididymis, globus major. (05 Mar 2000) |
| globus minor | The inferior part of the epididymis that leads into the ductus deferens; part of the reservoir of spermatozoa. Synonym: cauda epididymidis, cauda epididymis, globus minor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| globus pallidus | The representation of the phylogenetically oldest part of the corpus striatum called the paleostriatum. It forms the smaller, more medial part of the lentiform nucleus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| globus pallidus necrosis | <radiology> Carbon monoxide poisoning, barbiturate intoxication, cyanide poisoning, hydrogen sulfide poisoning, hypoglycaemia, hypoxia, hypotension, Leigh disease, Wilson disease CT: bilateral, symmetric low density in globus pallidus Cf: methanol intoxication leading to putamenal haemorrhagic necrosis (changes seen more laterally) (12 Dec 1998) |