| 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) |
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| 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) |
| lobelet | <botany> A small lobe; a lobule. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lobelia | <botany> A genus of plants, including a great number of species. Lobelia inflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant, etc. L. Cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red colour of its flowers. Origin: NL. So called from Lobel, botanist to King James I. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lobeliaceous | <botany> Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants of which the genus Lobelia is the type. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lobelin | <medicine> A yellowish green resin from Lobelia, used as an emetic and diaphoretic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |