lobar

[ loh-ber, -bahr ]

/ ˈloʊ bər, -bɑr /

adjective

of or relating to a lobe, as of the lungs.

Words nearby lobar

loaves, loaves and fishes, lob, lobachevski, lobachevsky, lobar, lobar pneumonia, lobate, lobation, lobber, lobby

Origin of lobar

From the New Latin word lobāris, dating back to 1855–60. See lobe, -ar¹

OTHER WORDS FROM lobar

in·ter·lo·bar, adjectivemul·ti·lo·bar, adjectivepseu·do·lo·bar, adjective

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Examples from the Web for lobar

Then about nine months after admission, while in the condition just described, she developed a lobar pneumonia.
Benign Stupors|August Hoch
Lobar pneumonia may also occur in the course of typhoid fever.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various
Pneumonia, lobular or lobar, is one of the most frequent complications and causes of death.
Scurvy Past and Present|Alfred Fabian Hess
In Bellevue Hospital in 1904 there were 1,001 patients with lobar pneumonia.
Habits that Handicap|Charles B. Towns

British Dictionary definitions for lobar

lobar

/ (ˈləʊbə) /

adjective

of, relating to, or affecting a lobe

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Medical definitions for lobar

lobar

[ lō′bər, -bär′ ]

adj.

Of or relating to a lobe or lobes.