lobe

American  

[lohb] / loʊb /

noun

1. a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.

2. earlobe.

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lobe British  

/ ləʊb /

noun

1. any rounded projection forming part of a larger structure

2. any of the subdivisions of a bodily organ or part, delineated by shape or connective tissue

3. short for ear lobe

4. any of the loops that form part of the graphic representation in cylindrical coordinates of the radiation pattern of a transmitting aerial Compare radiation pattern

5. any of the parts, not entirely separate from each other, into which a flattened plant part, such as a leaf, is divided

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lobe Scientific  

/ lōb /

1. A rounded projection, as on a leaf or petal. The leaves of many oak species have prominent lobes.

2. An anatomical division of an organ of the body. The liver, lungs, and brain are all characterized by lobes that are held in place by connective tissue.

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Other Word Forms

• multilobe noun

Etymology

Origin of lobe

1515–25; < Medieval Latin lobus ( Late Latin: hull, husk, pod) < Greek lobós, akin to Latin legula lobe of the ear

Example Sentences

Procedures such as the repair of split ear lobes, fixing simple snoring and the reversal of male and female sterilisation are not permitted.

From BBC

In FTD, abnormal proteins accumulate in the brain’s frontal or temporal lobes, damaging and eventually destroying those neurons.

From Los Angeles Times

His hands were cuffed in front of his wrinkled yellow jail T-shirt and his ear lobes were stretched with white paper plugs over his tattooed neck.

From Los Angeles Times

These implants are done in two parts of the brain that often produce seizures, the medial temporal lobe and the medial frontal lobe.

From Salon

This is a movie where someone’s frontal lobes get splatted on a window and drip-drip-plop down in chunks.

From Los Angeles Times