lobule

noun

lob·​ule ˈlä-(ˌ)byül 

: a small lobe

also : a subdivision of a lobe

Examples of lobule in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In a 2020 imaging study of sixteen men who sought amputation of their healthy left leg, Saetta and co-authors found atrophy in the right parietal superior lobule, a region of the brain associated with the conscious representation of the size and shape of one’s body. —Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023

Only in some of these brain areas did neural activation peak prior to the spontaneous arising of a thought – most notably in the medial temporal lobe and inferior parietal lobule... —Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2016

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 

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