| lob | <chemical> See Cob. <zoology> The European pollock. Origin: Dan. Lubbe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| lobar | Having to do with a lobe. For example, lobar pneumonia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lobar bronchi | The divisions of the main bronchi that supply the lobes of the lungs; superior lobar bronchi, bronchus lobaris superior; middle lobar bronchi, bronchus lobaris medius; and inferior lobar bronchi, bronchus lobaris inferior are the three lobar bronchi on the right; superior lobar bronchi, bronchus lobaris superior, and inferior lobar bronchi, bronchus lobaris inferior are the two on the left. The lobar bronchi divide into segmental bronchi. Synonym: bronchi lobares. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lobar nephronia | A focal renal mass related to acute infection. Acute focal bacterial nephritis. Renal phlegmon (not an abscess; no free pus). (05 Mar 2000) |
| lobar pneumonia | Pneumonia affecting one or more lobes, or part of a lobe, of the lung in which the consolidation is virtually homogeneous; commonly due to infection by Streptococcus pneumoniae; sputum is scanty and usually of a rusty tint from altered blood. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lobar sclerosis | Circumscribed atrophy of the cerebral cortex. Synonym: lobar sclerosis, progressive circumscribed cerebral atrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lobate | 1. Divided into lobes. 2. Lobe-shaped; denoting a bacterial colony with a deeply undulate margin. Synonym: lobose, lobous. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lobated | 1. <botany> Consisting of, or having, lobes; lobed; as, a lobate leaf. 2. <zoology> Having lobes; said of the tails of certain fishes having the integument continued to the bases of the fin rays. Furnished with membranous flaps, as the toes of a coot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lobby | Origin: LL. Lobium, lobia, laubia, a covered portico fit for walking, fr. OHG.louba, G. Laube, arbor. See Lodge. 1. A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, an antechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved. 2. That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly; hence, the persons, collectively, who frequent such a place to transact business with the legislators; any persons, not members of a legislative body, who strive to influence its proceedings by personal agency. 3. An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck. 4. <agriculture> A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. Trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard. Lobby member, a lobbyist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lobbying | A process whereby representatives of a particular interest group attempt to influence governmental decision makers to accept the policy desires of the lobbying organization. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lobe | <anatomy> A more or less well defined portion of any organ, especially of the brain, lungs and glands. Lobes are demarcated by fissures, sulci, connective tissue and by their shape. Origin: L. Globus, from Gr. Lobos (18 Nov 1997) |
| lobe of prostate | One of the lateral lobes (right or left) or the middle lobe or isthmus of the prostate; in the adult the lobes are ill-defined. Synonym: lobus prostatae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lobe-footed | <zoology> Lobiped. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lobectomy | <procedure, surgery> Surgical removal of all or part of a lung. Indicated in some cases of lung cancer, lung abscess and localised pulmonary tuberculosis. (27 Sep 1997) |
| lobefoot | <zoology> A bird having lobate toes; especially, a phalarope. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |