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Definition of "lobus" [lobus]

  • In anatomy and zoology, a lobe. (noun)
  • See central lobe of the cerebellum, under lobe. (noun)
  • A small elevation near the middle of the inferior vermiform process of the cerebellum, between the biventral lobes. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "lobus" in a sentence
  • "+ “Auris pars pendula lobus dicitur, non omnibus ea pars, est auribus; non enim iis qui noctu sunt, sed qui interdiu, maxima ex parte.” —"
  • "This vein enters the abdomen at the umbilicus, and passes upward along the free margin of the falciform ligament of the liver to the under surface of that organ, where it gives off two or three branches, one of large size to the left lobe, and others to the lobus quadratus and lobus caudatus."
  • "The culmen and the anterior parts of the quadrangular lobules form the lobus culminis; the clivus and the posterior parts, the lobus clivi."