| lobopodium | A thick lobose pseudopodium. Origin: G. Lobos, lobe, + pous, foot (05 Mar 2000) |
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| lobosa | <zoology> An order of Rhizopoda, in which the pseudopodia are thick and irregular in form, as in the Amoeba. Origin: NL. See Lobe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lobose | 1. Divided into lobes. 2. Lobe-shaped; denoting a bacterial colony with a deeply undulate margin. Synonym: lobose, lobous. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lobosea | A class of ameboid protozoa that forms either filiform subpseudopodia or lobopodia. Characteristics include the absence of sorocarps, sporangia, or similar fruiting bodies. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lobotomy | 1. Incision into a lobe. 2. Division of one or more nerve tracts in a lobe of the cerebrum. Origin: G. Lobos, lobe, + tome, a cutting (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lobry de Bruyn, Cornelius | <person> Dutch chemist, 1857-1904. See: Lobry de Bruyn-van Ekenstein transformation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lobry de Bruyn-van Ekenstein transformation | The conversion of glucose to fructose and mannose in dilute alkali by enolization adjacent to the carbonyl group to form an enediol, a reaction analogous to certain biochemical transformations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lobstein's ganglion | Ha small sympathetic ganglion often present in the course of the greater splanchnic nerve. Synonym: ganglion splanchnicum, Lobstein's ganglion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lobstein, Johann | <person> German pathologist, 1777-1835. See: Lobstein's ganglion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lobster | <zoology> Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, especially. Those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (H. Americanus), and the European lobster (H. Vulgaris). The Norwegian lobster (Nephrops Norvegicus) is similar in form. All these have a pair of large unequal claws. The spiny lobsters of more southern waters, belonging to Palinurus, Panulirus, and allied genera, have no large claws. The fresh water crayfishes are sometimes called lobsters. <obstetrics> Lobster caterpillar, a copepod crustacean (Nicothoe astaci) parasitic on the gills of the European lobster. Origin: AS. Loppestre, lopystre prob, corrupted fr. L. Locusta a marine shellfish, a kind of lobster, a locust. Cf. Locust. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lobster-claw deformity | See: ectrodactyly. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lobsters | Large marine decapod crustaceans of the family homaridae, commonly used for food. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lobular | <anatomy> Pertaining to the part of the breast that is furthest from the nipple, the lobes. (09 Oct 1997) |
| lobular carcinoma | <tumour> A form of adenocarcinoma, especially of the breast, where lobular carcinoma is less common than ductal carcinoma and usually is composed of small cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lobular carcinoma in situ | <tumour> Carcinoma of the breast in which small tumour cells fill preexisting acini within lobules, without invading the surrounding stroma. Synonym: lobular carcinoma in situ, lobular neoplasia. (05 Mar 2000) |