The complete, generalized, overall, or total aspect.
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glob·al 'glō-bəl adj
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 adv
Medical dictionary. 2011.