Lobe

/ləʊb/

Synonyms for "lobe" (147 found)

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Closest matches (30)

Noun(4 words)
alisbrain regioncerebral areacerebral region
anvilappendagearachnoidarbor vitaearchipalliumarmauditory apparatusauditory canalauditory meatusauditory nerveauditory ossiclesauditory tubeauriclebasilar membranebetween brainbony labyrinthboughbrain stembranchcauliflower ear
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cerebellar hemispherescerebellumcerebral cortexcerebrospinal fluidcerebrumcochlea

Strong matches (44)

conchconchaconvolutioncorpus callosumcorpus striatumdiencephalondrapedrumheaddura materearear lobeeardrumendbrainendolympheustachian tubeexternal earfissurefoliaforebrainfornix
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frontal lobeglial cellsglobus pallidusgray mattergyrushammerhandhangerhanginghindbrainhippocampushypothalamusimpincusinner earjointlappetleglenticular nucleus
Noun(5 words)
curve loopearlobesfrench finleaf projectionleaf segment

Related words (73)

limblimbic lobelinklittle brainlobationlobulelugmalleusmantlemastoid processmedulla oblongatamembermeningesmesencephalonmetencephalonmidbrainmiddle earmyelencephalonneopalliumoccipital lobe
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offshootoptic chiasmorganorgan of cortiouter earoval windowpalliumparietal lobependantperilymphpia materpineal bodypinionpinnapituitary bodyponsramificationreticular systemrhombencephalonround windowrunnerscionsecondary eardrumsemicircular canalsshellspraysprigspurstapesstirrupsubthalamusswitchtailtelencephalontemporal lobetendrilthalamustwigtympanic cavitytympanic membranetympanumuvulaventriclevermisvestibulewhite matterwing
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(5 words)
organ segmentorgan subdivisionpetalregionsrounded projection

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

10 entries
anatomical structurebody partcurve attributegeometric featureleaf morphology featurelooporgan partplant partplant structureprojection

More specific

11 entries
basal lobedouble lobefrontal lobelateral lobeliver lobelung lobeoccipital lobeparietal lobesingle lobetemporal lobeterminal lobe

Collocations

6 entries
frontal lobeliver lobelung lobeoccipital lobeparietal lobetemporal lobe

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

5 entries

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

No student has ever complained of pains in the front lobe of the left side of the brain.

Source: tatoeba (330619)

Children below the age of 8 have an underdeveloped frontal lobe that might cause them to be unable to separate reality from fantasy. Some of them might believe that there are monsters in their closet or under the bed, for example. They are also sometimes unable to distinguish dreams from reality.

Source: tatoeba (687067)

Located on the right frontal lobe of her brain, the tumor threatened to damage her left hand’s fine motor skills — the hand that controls the notes being played on the violin.

Source: tatoeba (8575724)

My left ear lobe is swollen.

Source: tatoeba (10616198)

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