LOBULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lobule mean? 

• LOBULE (noun)
  The noun LOBULE has 1 sense:

1. a small lobe or subdivision of a lobe

  Familiarity information: LOBULE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOBULE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small lobe or subdivision of a lobe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("lobule" is a kind of...):

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

Derivation:

lobular (of or relating to or resembling a lobule)

 Context examples 

A type of invasive breast cancer that begins in the lobules (milk glands) of the breast and spreads to surrounding normal tissue.

(Infiltrating lobular carcinoma, NCI Dictionary)

A benign well-circumscribed tumor, composed of lobules of mature adipocytes, that arises within subcutaneous tissue, deep soft tissues or on the surface of bones.

(Conventional Lipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign condition in which scar-like tissue is found in a gland, such as the breast lobules or the prostate.

(Breast Sclerosing Adenosis, NCI Dictionary)

It is characterized by the presence of small malignant cells with hyperchromatic nuclei and scant amount of cytoplasm forming lobules with peripheral palisading.

(Head and Neck Basaloid Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It includes the hepatic lobules, hepatic sinusoids, perisinusoidal spaces, and portal triad.

(Hepatic Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)

Fat lobules and uniformly echogenic bands of supporting structures comprise the bulk of breast tissue.

(Homogeneous Fat Echotexture, NCI Thesaurus/DICOM)

A breast lobule is a gland that makes milk.

(Breast lobule, NCI Dictionary)

Cell found within the glomerular lobules of mammalian kidney.

(Mesangial Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-neoplastic disorder characterized by epithelial and/or myoepithelial tissue growth in the breast lobules.

(Breast Adenosis, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign (not cancer) condition in which there are more cells than normal in the breast lobules and the cells look abnormal under a microscope.

(ALH, NCI Dictionary)