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lobar Definition

lo·bar (bər, -bär′)

adjective

of a lobe or lobes lobar pneumonia

Etymology: ModL lobaris

lobar Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • pneumonia: A small percentage of elderly people with lobar pneumonia die very quickly.
  • degeneration: Patients who would have previously been told they had Pick's Disease may now be told they have frontotemporal lobar degeneration.
  • collapse: This short tutorial is designed to explain the typical appearances of the various types of lobar collapse on the plain chest film.
  • bronchus: Each lobe receives named lobar bronchi dividing them into segmental bronchi that supply the bronchopulmonary segments.
  • hemorrhage: Deep infarct had the least risk; subarachnoid hemorrhage and lobar intracerebral hemorrhage had the highest risk.

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