lobule
Americannoun
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a small lobe.
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a subdivision of a lobe.
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of lobule
From the New Latin word lobulus, dating back to 1675–85. See lobe, -ule
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Plates of hepatocytes called hepatic laminae radiate outward from the portal vein in each hepatic lobule.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
A pulmonary lobule is a subdivision formed as the bronchi branch into bronchioles.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The trabeculae and lobules, including the darkly staining cortex and the lighter staining medulla of each lobule, are clearly visible in the light micrograph of the thymus of a newborn.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The mirror experiment you did earlier disrupts this consistency of signals in the right superior parietal lobule.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 18, 2011
Indusium cup-shaped or two-valved, the outer portion composed of a reflexed lobule of the frond, or more or less united to it.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
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