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lobar

[ loh-ber, -bahr ]

adjective

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


lobar

/ ˈləʊbə /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or affecting a lobe


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Other Words From

  • inter·lobar adjective
  • multi·lobar adjective
  • pseudo·lobar adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of lobar1

From the New Latin word lobāris, dating back to 1855–60. See lobe, -ar 1

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Example Sentences

Shotgun mics feature a lobar pattern, a modified version of hypercardioid or supercardioid that’s even more directional.

Lobar pneumonia may also occur in the course of typhoid fever.

Pneumonia, lobular or lobar, is one of the most frequent complications and causes of death.

Then about nine months after admission, while in the condition just described, she developed a lobar pneumonia.

In Bellevue Hospital in 1904 there were 1,001 patients with lobar pneumonia.

It is easily recognized, and differs in no wise from acute lobar pneumonia occurring under other circumstances.

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