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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Other Word Forms of Lobe

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

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