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globulus

noun

globulus is spelled G-L-O-B-U-L-U-S: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, globulus means “The nucleus globosus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of globulus is globuli.

How many letters and syllables are in globulus?

Letters8: G-L-O-B-U-L-U-S
In writingabout once in every 31 million words; the 169,822nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is globulus?

Globulus appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of globulus

  • globuli plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does globulus mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    The nucleus globosus.

  2. 2

    obsoleteA pill, bolus, or spherical suppository.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does globulus come from?

From Latin globulus.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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