: a curved or rounded projection or division
specifically
: a usually somewhat rounded projection or division of a bodily organ or part
Examples of lobe in a Sentence
the frontal lobe of the brain
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This process, called lobe reconnection, sends energy straight into the polar cap.
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Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025
In a flat city where all private and public property is organized into rectangles and triangles aligned with the principal points of the compass, Lincoln Yards is defined by a series of wedges, lumps and lobes that don’t adjoin with the rest of the Chicago street map.
—F.k. Plous, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
Doctors at Delray Medical Center used the newest robotic machines to biopsy, mark, and remove the lung lobe where the nodule resided.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2025
Not until at age 89: she was diagnosed with frontotemporal lobe dementia.
—Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 18 June 2025
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Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025
In a flat city where all private and public property is organized into rectangles and triangles aligned with the principal points of the compass, Lincoln Yards is defined by a series of wedges, lumps and lobes that don’t adjoin with the rest of the Chicago street map.
—F.k. Plous, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
Doctors at Delray Medical Center used the newest robotic machines to biopsy, mark, and remove the lung lobe where the nodule resided.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2025
Not until at age 89: she was diagnosed with frontotemporal lobe dementia.
—Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 18 June 2025
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“Lobe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lobe. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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lobe
noun
: a curved or rounded part
especially
: one that is part of a bodily organ or part
lobed
adjective
ˈlōbd
Medical Definition
lobe
noun
: a curved or rounded projection or division: as
a
: a more or less rounded projection of a body organ or part
the lobe of the ear
b
: a division of a body organ (as the brain, lungs, or liver) marked off by a fissure on the surface
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