lobule

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: lob=ule

CIDE DICTIONARY

lobule, n. [Cf. F. lobule, dim. of lobe. See Lobe.].

 A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe.  [1913 Webster]

Lobule of the ear. (Anat.) Same as Lobe of the ear.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

lobule, n. a small lobe.

Derivative

lobular adj. lobulate adj.

Etymology

LOBE

ROGET THESAURUS

lobule

Part

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