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globus hystericus

glo·bus hys·ter·i·cus [ glbəss hi stérrikəss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
lump in throat: the feeling of having a lump in the throat caused by muscle tension of emotional origin but not by an organic cause or the presence of a foreign body ( technical )

[< modern Latin, "hysterical lump"]
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