different between lobe vs lobelike
lobe
English
Etymology
From Middle French lobe in early 16th century, from New Latin lobus (“a lobe”), from Ancient Greek ????? (lobós, “the lobe of the ear or of the liver, the pod of a leguminous plant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l??b/
- Rhymes: -??b
Noun
lobe (plural lobes)
- Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form. [from 19th c.]
- A lobe of lava was crawling down the side of the volcano.
- 1958, Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, London: William Heinemann, Chapter 19,
- He then broke the kola nut and threw one of the lobes on the ground for the ancestors.
- (anatomy) A clear division of an organ that can be determined at the gross anatomy level, especially one of the parts of the brain, liver or lung. [from 16th c.]
- (figure skating) A semicircular pattern left on the ice as the skater travels across it. [from 20th c.]
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- earlobe
- lobe-finned
- lobe-shaped
- trilobite
Related terms
- lobotomy
Translations
See also
- (brain lobes) brain lobe; frontal lobe, occipital lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe (Category: en:Brain)
Further reading
- lobe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- lobe in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Bole, Lebo, Loeb, bole
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?b/
Etymology 1
From Middle French, from Ancient Greek ????? (lobós).
Noun
lobe m (plural lobes)
- (anatomy, botany) lobe (of an organ)
References
- “lobe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Etymology 2
Verb
lobe
- inflection of lober:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
German
Pronunciation
Verb
lobe
- inflection of loben:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Latin
Noun
lobe
- vocative singular of lobus
lobe From the web:
- what lobe is responsible for vision
- what lobe is responsible for hearing
- what lobe is the motor cortex in
- what lobe is the hippocampus in
- what lobe of the brain controls speech
- what lobe is broca's area located
- what lobe is the auditory cortex in
- what lobe is the visual cortex in
lobelike
English
Etymology
lobe +? -like
Adjective
lobelike (comparative more lobelike, superlative most lobelike)
- (anatomy) Resembling or characteristic of a lobe.
lobelike From the web:
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- what is lobelia used for
- what does lobelia look like
- what is lobelia plant
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- what is lobelia meaning in hindi
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