GLO'BUS HYSTERICUS
\ɡlˈɒbəs hˈɪstəɹˌɪkəs], \ɡlˈɒbəs hˈɪstəɹˌɪkəs], \ɡ_l_ˈɒ_b_ə_s h_ˈɪ_s_t_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ_k_ə_s]\
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Syn. bolus hystericus. A '"rising," "winding arrow"; an obscure sensation as of a globular body rising from the lower part of the trunk to the throat, where it appears to be arrested, causing a sense of constriction and suffocation: a symptom of the onset of an hysterical paroxysm.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
