WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
glo•bus hys•ter•i•cus
(glō′bəs hi ster′i kəs),USA pronunciation [Psychiatry.]
- Psychiatrythe sensation of having a lump in the throat or difficulty in swallowing for which no medical cause can be found.
- Neo-Latin: lump of hysteria; see globe, hysterical
- 1790–95