lobe

n.

1. A rounded projection, especially a rounded, projecting anatomical part: the lobe of an ear.
2. A subdivision of a bodily organ or part bounded by fissures, connective tissue, or other structural boundaries.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin lobus, hull, pod, from Greek lobos, lobe, pod.]

A segment of a circle in tracery; a foil.

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A major division of an organ such as brain, liver, pancreas, and lung. Lobes are often separated from one another by fissures or bands of connective tissue.

1. a more or less well-defined portion of an organ or gland.
2. one of the main divisions of a tooth crown.

• caudate l. — a small dorsally located lobe of the liver to the right of the caudal vena cava that frequently embraces the right kidney.
• ear l. — an elevated area of skin just below the external auditory meatus in birds.
• frontal l. — the anterior portion of the gray matter of the cerebral hemisphere.
• hepatic l. — one of the lobes of the liver.
• occipital l. — the most posterior portion of the cerebral hemisphere, forming a small part of its dorsolateral surface.
• parietal l. — the upper central portion of the gray matter of the cerebral hemisphere, between the frontal and occipital lobes, and above the temporal lobe. See also parietal lobe.
• prefrontal l. — the part of the brain rostral to the ascending convolution.
• quadrate l. — 1. precuneus.
— 2. a small lobe of the liver, between the gallbladder on the right, and the left lobe.
• temporal l. — the lower lateral portion of the cerebral hemisphere.

A segment of a cleft leaf or petal.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lap, flig, rundet fremspring, knast, udløber

Nederlands (Dutch)
(hersen-/long)kwab, (oor)lel

Français (French)
n. - (Anat, Bot) lobe

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ohrläppchen, Lappen, Lobus, Ausbuchtung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λοβός

Italiano (Italian)
lobo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - lóbulo (m) (Anat.) (Bot.)

Русский (Russian)
мочка уха, доля, выступ

Español (Spanish)
n. - lóbulo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lob, flik

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
圆形突出部, 裂片, 耳垂

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 圓形突出部, 裂片, 耳垂

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 폐[대뇌]의 엽, 귓불, 수직 안전장치

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 丸い突出部, 耳たぶ, ローブ, 葉

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فص, فلقه, شحمه الأذن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תנוך, בדל-אוזן, אליה, אונה‬

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