globus

noun

anatomy any spherelike structure

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Examples from the Web for globus

The words ludere and certare throw no light on the manner in which the globus or discus was used.
The Canadian Curler's Manual|James Bicket
This was sustained by Preuss in a series of articles in the Globus that same year.
The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life|Emile Durkheim
Globus, xci, gives important evidence of traces of female descent among the Arunta.
Folklore as an Historical Science|George Laurence Gomme
This has been well demonstrated by Preuss in his articles in the Globus.
The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life|Emile Durkheim

Prodit hic noster Globus multo praecedentibus a nobis editis, qui primi in his provinciis prodierunt accuratior et emendatior.
Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Vol I|Edward Luther Stevenson

Medicine definitions for globus

globus

[glō′bəs]

n. pl. glo•bi (-bī′)

A round or spherical body.

Any of the brown bodies sometimes found in the granulomatous lesions of leprosy.