lobar [loh-ber, -bahr] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- of or relating to a lobe, as of the lungs.
Origin of lobar From the New Latin word lobāris, dating back to 1855–60. See lobe, -ar1 Related formsin·ter·lo·bar, adjectivemul·ti·lo·bar, adjectivepseu·do·lo·bar, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for lobar Historical Examples of lobar
Lobar pneumonia may also occur in the course of typhoid fever.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I
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In Bellevue Hospital in 1904 there were 1,001 patients with lobar pneumonia.
Charles B. Towns
Then about nine months after admission, while in the condition just described, she developed a lobar pneumonia.
August Hoch
Pneumonia, lobular or lobar, is one of the most frequent complications and causes of death.
Alfred Fabian Hess
British Dictionary definitions for lobar lobar adjective
- of, relating to, or affecting a lobe
Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 lobar in Medicine lobar [lō′bər, -bär′] adj.
- Of or relating to a lobe or lobes.
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