lobularadj.
/ˈlɒbjᵿlə/, U.S. /ˈlɑbjələr/ Physiology, etc.
Pertaining to or having the form of a lobule or lobules. Of pneumonia: Affecting the lobules of the lungs.
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lobulated1783
lobellated1809
lobular1822
lobar1857
multilobar1977
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 439 The substance of the lungs is lobular.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xl. 116 A lobular substance consisting of granules filling the whole cavity of the body.
1834 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 199 Central peripneumonies, and those denominated lobular.
1845 G. Budd On Dis. Liver 55 Lobular pneumonia.
1889 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Lobular fissures, the sulci between the several cerebral and cerebellar lobules.
1892 G. S. Woodhead Pract. Pathol. (ed. 3) 372 Lobular pneumonia.
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ˈlobularly adv.
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1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 386 The left lung was..condensed with..lobularly disposed lesions throughout.
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