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globus

/ (ˈɡləʊbəs) /

noun

anatomy any spherelike structure

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Words nearby globus

globular cluster, globule, globuliferous, globulin, globulinuria, globus, globus hystericus, globus pallidus, glocal, glochid, glochidium
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Medical 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.
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