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单词 lobule
释义

lobule

noun

lob·​ule ˈlä-(ˌ)byül How to pronounce lobule (audio)
: a small lobe
also : a subdivision of a lobe

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Cysts form when fluid collects at the spot where a lobule, which produces milk during lactation, meets a milk storage duct. Rebekah Kuschmider, Health.com, 14 Oct. 2021 In 2010, she was diagnosed with breast cancer again—this time with ductal carcinoma, like before, and lobular carcinoma, a cancer that affects the lobules that produce milk and empty out in the milk ducts. Maggie O'neill, Health.com, 4 Sep. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1682, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

lobule

noun

lob·​ule ˈläb-(ˌ)yü(ə)l How to pronounce lobule (audio)
1
: a small lobe
the lobule of the ear
2
: a subdivision of a lobe
specifically : one of the small masses of tissue of which various organs (as the liver) are made up
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