lobar

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Lobar means relating to or affecting a lobe, particularly of the lungs or brain.

The term appears almost exclusively in medical contexts: lobar pneumonia affects one or more complete lobes of the lung, distinguishing it from bronchopneumonia, which is patchier in distribution.

pulmonary

pneumonia

Infected, inflamed lung tissue

bronchi · alveoli · pleura · thorax · respiratory · ventilation · oxygenation · pneumonectomy · thoracotomy · tuberculosis

anatomy

frontal

Of the fore side

cerebral · hemisphere · cortex · gyrus · sulcus · neocortex · grey matter · white matter · neuroanatomy · brain

Opposites
anatomical extent

lobardiffuse

Spread thinly throughout

generalized · systemic · total · bilateral · global

Phrases
Family

lobe, globular, lobed, lobular, lobate, lobule, lobectomy, globoid, bilobed

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