Definitions for lobules

lobules lob·ule

Spelling: [lob-yool]
IPA: /ˈlɒb yul/

Lobules is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 130 anagrams from letters in lobules (bellosu).

Definitions for lobules

noun

  1. a small lobe.
  2. a subdivision of a lobe.

Origin of lobules

From the New Latin word lobulus, dating back to 1675-85. See lobe, -ule

Examples for lobules

The third premolar is very large, and agrees with its upper one, excepting the lobule on the inner border.

Minute, hair-like channels separate the cells one from another, and unite in one main duct leading from the lobule.

At a, a the capillaries of one lobule communicate with those adjacent to it.

The ears are large and projecting from the side of the head, and often carry a lobule.

Some children will rub the lobule of the ear, others will suck their fingers, or will stimulate their mouths in other ways.

The anti-helix may be unduly prominent or be insignificant; the scaphoid fossa may extend through the lobule or be triple.

lobule: in Coccidae, one of the two distinct parts of which a lobe is sometimes composed.

On one occasion six excellent specimens were obtained in a single drop of blood by merely pricking the lobule of the ear.

The lower part of the pinna is the lobule (e), which contains no cartilage.

If the lobule be repaired the ring may cut its way out again, and this may occur three or four times.

Word Value for lobules
Scrable

8

Words with friends

12

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