lobe

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Hyponyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 External links 1.4 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French lobe < New Latin lobus (“‘a lobe’”) < Ancient Greek λοβός (lobos), “‘the lobe of the ear or of the liver, the pod of a leguminous plant’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊb

[edit] Noun

lobe (plural lobes)

1. Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form.
2. (anatomy) A division of the brain.

[edit] Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:lobe

[edit] Derived terms

• frontal lobe
• occipital lobe
• parietal lobe
• temporal lobe
• trilobite

[edit] Related terms

• lobotomy

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• lobe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• lobe in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: belo
• bole

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[edit] Verb

lobe

1. first-person singular present indicative of lober.
2. third-person singular present indicative of lober.
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of lober.
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of lober.
5. second-person singular imperative of lober.