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LOBAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lobar mean? 

LOBAR (adjective)
  The adjective LOBAR has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or affecting a lobeplay

  Familiarity information: LOBAR used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LOBAR (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or affecting a lobe

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

lobar pneumonia

Pertainym:

lobe ((anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part)

Derivation:

lobe (a rounded projection that is part of a larger structure)

lobe ((anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part)


 Context examples 


It is characterized by frontotemporal lobar degeneration with accumulation of tau proteins which form Pick bodies.

(Pick's Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include pulmonary hypoplasia, pulmonary agenesis, congenital lobar emphysema, and alveolar capillary dysplasia.

(Congenital Lung Malformation, NCI Thesaurus)



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