Main Entry: glob·al

Pronunciation: \ˈglō-bəl\

Function: adjective

1 : having the shape of a globe
2 a : of, relating to, or involving the entire world <global health conditions> b : of, relating to, or involving the globe of the eye <global anesthesia in cataract surgery>
3 a : being comprehensive, all-inclusive, or complete <global obstetric care> <transient global amnesia> <akinesia was global, although rigidity and dystonia were strikingly unilateral in distribution—Oliver Sacks> b : of, relating to, or constituting an organic whole : organismic <the newer psychiatry seeks to understand in a global way the dynamic structure of the patient's personality—Psychological Abstracts>

—glob·al·ly \-bə-lē\ adverb