Definition of Lobar

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or affecting a lobe. "Lobar pneumonia"

Derivative terms: Lobe, Lobe
Partainyms: Lobe

Definition of Lobar

1. a. Of or pertaining to a lobe; characterized by, or like, a lobe or lobes.

Definition of Lobar

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a lobe; characterized by, or like, a lobe or lobes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lobar

1. pertaining to a lobe [adj] - See also: lobe

Medical Definition of Lobar

1. Having to do with a lobe. For example, lobar pneumonia. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lobar

loathness
loathnesses
loathsome
loathsomely
loathsomeness
loathsomenesses
loathy
loave
loaved
loaves
loaving
lob
lob jam
lob wedge
lob wedges
lobar (current term)
lobar bronchi
lobar nephronia
lobar pneumonia
lobar sclerosis
lobate
lobate foot
lobated
lobately
lobation
lobations
lobbed
lobber
lobbers
lobbied

Literary usage of Lobar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"lobar Pneumonia as a Complication of Diphtheria.—The occurrence of lobar pneumonia in the course of diphtheria has always been regarded as an exceptional ..."

2. American Journal of Roentgenology by American Radium Society (1919)
"25; lobar I Upper and lower I: br. pn. I 6. Clinical diagnosis influenza; x-ray diagnosis lobar pneumonia, confirmed by final diagnosis i 7. ..."

3. The Diseases of Infancy and Childhood: For the Use of Students and by Luther Emmett Holt (1902)
"WITH our present knowledge, lobar pneumonia may be best defined as an infectious ... lobar pneumonia may occur at any age. I have recently seen a case in an ..."

4. Mortality Statistics of Insured Wage-earners and Their Families: Experience by Louis Israel Dublin, Edwin William Kopf, George H. Van Buren (1919)
"Statistics of mortality from pneumonia (lobar and undefined) are interesting from ... lobar pneumonia is the most important numerically of the infectious ..."

5. Pediatrics: The Hygienic and Medical Treatment of Children by Thomas Morgan Rotch (1906)
"Pneumococcus lobar pneumonia is an acute infectious, self-limited disease ... Recurrent attacks of pneumococcus lobar pneumonia arc not so frequent in young ..."

6. Supplement ... to the Public Health Reports by United States Public Health Service (1920)
"Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Paratyphoid Fever, lobar Pneumonia—Made ... lobar Pneumonia—Substituted for "Pneumonia" in List of Reportable Diseases. (Res. ..."

7. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1893)
"The Pseudo-lobar Form of Acute Caseous Pneumonia. —This affection formed the subject of a recent communication by A. Fraenkel to the Berlin Medical Society. ..."

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