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globus

British  
/ ˈɡləʊbəs /

noun

  1. anatomy any spherelike structure

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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They found that targeting the subthalamic nucleus and the globus pallidus at the same time improved motor symptoms more than targeting either region alone.

From Science Daily Jan. 18, 2024

Their most prized bust, “St. Francis of Adelaide,” a small marble piece by Kehinde Wiley, depicts a Black man wearing a tank top holding the globus cruciger, a symbol of regality, in a saintly pose.

From New York Times Apr. 11, 2022

To split the difference, some teams have considered targeting the motor-motivation nexus in the basal ganglia, the ventral striatum or the globus pallidus, involved in motor regulation.

From Science Magazine Sep. 14, 2018

It was most severe in the caudate nucleus and putamen, and appeared less severe in thalamus and it was least prominent in the globus pallidus.

From Nature Sep. 8, 2015

Medicines producing cold sweats, palpitation of the heart, globus hystericus; as violent evacuations, some poisons, fear, anxiety, act by inverting the natural order of the vascular motions.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

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