Lobe Definition

lōb
lobes
noun
A rounded projecting part.
Webster's New World
A subdivision of a bodily organ or part bounded by fissures, connective tissue, or other structural boundaries.
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Noun

Singular:
lobe
Plural:
lobes

Origin of Lobe

  • From French lobe, from New Latin lobus (“a lobe”), from Ancient Greek λοβός (lobos, “the lobe of the ear or of the liver, the pod of a leguminous plant”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French from Late Latin lobus hull, pod from Greek lobos lobe, pod

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Lobe Sentence Examples

  • The x-rays were conclusive and indicated a bad infection in the lower lobe of one lung.

  • There had been several dozen mistranslations from the small translator attached to her ear lobe.

  • The lower cheekteeth have, unlike those of the Tapiroidea, crescentic ridges, which have not the loops at their extremities characteristic of the advanced Hippoidea; the last lower molar has no third lobe.

  • As stated above, the lower molars have the crown formed by a pair of crescents; the last having no third lobe.

  • Appendages of 2nd pair not underlying the mouth, but freely movable and, except in primitive forms, furnished with a maxillary lobe; the rest of the limb like the legs, tipped with a single claw and quite unmodified (except in a').

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Words Starting With

LLOLOB

Words Ending With

EBEOBE

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Words Starting With L and Ending With E

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With L4 Letter Words Ending With E