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quadrate lobe

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Main Entry: quad·rate lobe
Pronunciation: 'kwäd-"rAt-
Function: noun
: a small lobe of the liver on the underside of the right lobe to the leftof the fissure for the gallbladder
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quadrate lobe n.

  1. A lobe on the inferior surface of the liver between the fossa for the gallbladder and the fissure for the round ligament.

  2. See precuneus.

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