globus hystericus

American  

[gloh-buhs hi-ster-i-kuhs] / ˈgloʊ bəs hɪˈstɛr ɪ kəs /

noun

Psychiatry.

1. the sensation of having a lump in the throat or difficulty in swallowing for which no medical cause can be found.

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globus hystericus British  

/ hɪˈstɛrɪkəs /

noun

1. the technical name for a lump in the throat See lump 1

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Etymology

Origin of globus hystericus

1790–95; < New Latin: lump of hysteria; see globe, hysterical

Example Sentences

It alternated between the high falsetto in which a shy child "speaks a piece" and the husky gulp with which the globus hystericus is swallowed.

From Democracy and Social Ethics by Addams, Jane

Minor attacks usually commence with palpitation and a "rising" in the stomach or a lump in the throat, the globus hystericus, which the patient tries to dislodge by repeated swallowing.

From Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment by Briggs, Isaac George

The same retrograde motions affect the whole intestinal canal in ileus; and the œsophagus in globus hystericus.

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

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

These reclaim the inverted motions without increasing the heat of the body above its natural state, if given in their proper doses, as in the globus hystericus, and palpitation of the heart.

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