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Is there a medical term for that lump-in-your-throat feeling when you're about to cry?
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Globus: When i was in med school back in the 80's we called it globus hystericus. It is normal or rather it is a normal part of the human condition. Crying is part too, but of course it is always sad when someone is so sad they cry, then again as gandalf said, at least in the movie version, "not all tears are an evil.".
Answered 4/25/2015
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