glomus
Americannoun
plural
glomera, glomiEtymology
Origin of glomus
1830–40; < New Latin, Latin: ball-shaped mass
Example Sentences
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Discovered in 1743, it is called the carotid body, or glomus caroticum*; there is one on each side of the neck.
From Time Magazine Archive
They needed only a local anesthetic, though to get at the glomus, he had to sever one of the thyroid arteries.
From Time Magazine Archive
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