No student has ever complained of pains in the front lobe of the left side of the brain.
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Lobe
//ləʊb//
Synonyms for "lobe" (132 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (66)
limbic lobelinklittle brainlobationlobulelugmalleusmantlemastoid processmedulla oblongatamembermeningesmesencephalonmetencephalonmidbrainmiddle earmyelencephalonneopalliumoccipital lobeoffshoot
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optic chiasmorganorgan of cortiouter earoval windowpalliumparietal lobependantperilymphpia materpineal bodypinionpinnapituitary bodyponsramificationreticular systemrhombencephalonround windowrunnerscionsecondary eardrumsemicircular canalsshellspraysprigspurstapesstirrupsubthalamusswitchtailtelencephalontemporal lobetendrilthalamustwigtympanic cavitytympanic membranetympanumuvulaventriclevermisvestibulewhite matterwing
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11 entriesTranslations
80 translations across 29 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- λοβός noun (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form)
- λοβός noun (division of the brain)
- λοβός noun (division of the lung)
- λοβός noun (division of the liver)
Bulgarian
1 entries- изпъкналост noun (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form)
Catalan
1 entries- lòbul noun (division of the brain)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 一團 /一团 noun (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form)
- 一坨 noun (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form)
- 肝葉 /肝叶 noun (division of the liver)
- 肺葉 /肺叶 noun (division of the lung)
Czech
1 entries- lalok noun (division of the brain)
Danish
2 entries- hjernelap noun (division of the brain)
- lap noun (division of the brain)
Dutch
3 entries- kwab noun (division of the brain)
- lel noun (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form)
- lob noun (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form)
Esperanto
1 entries- lobo noun (division of the brain)
Finnish
4 entries- aivolohko noun (division of the brain)
- keuhkolohko noun (division of the lung)
- kieleke noun (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form)
- maksalohko noun (division of the liver)
French
2 entries- lobe noun (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form)
- lobe noun (division of the brain)
German
4 entries- Ausformung noun (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form)
- Formelement noun (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form)
- Fortsatz noun (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form)
- Hirnlappen noun (division of the brain)
Greek
4 entries- λοβός noun (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form)
- λοβός noun (division of the brain)
- λοβός noun (division of the lung)
- λοβός noun (division of the liver)
Hungarian
4 entries- lebeny noun (division of the brain)
- lebeny noun (division of the lung)
- lebeny noun (division of the liver)
- tüdőlebeny noun (division of the lung)
Icelandic
1 entries- blað noun (division of the brain)
Irish
3 entries- bog noun (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form)
- liopa noun (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form)
- maothán noun (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form)
Italian
2 entries- lobo noun (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form)
- lobo noun (division of the brain)
Māori
2 entries- hoi noun (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form)
- toke noun (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- pil noun (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form)
- pil noun (division of the brain)
- pil noun (division of the lung)
- pil noun (division of the liver)
Occitan
2 entries- lòbe noun (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form)
- lòbe noun (division of the brain)
Old English
2 entries- liferlæppa noun (division of the liver)
- læppa noun (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- كوشه noun (division of the brain)
- كوشه noun (division of the lung)
- كوشه noun (division of the liver)
Polish
2 entries- płat noun (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form)
- płat noun (division of the brain)
Portuguese
1 entries- lobo noun (division of the brain)
Romanian
1 entries- lob noun (division of the brain)
Russian
2 entries- до́ля noun (division of the brain)
- лепесто́к noun (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- режањ noun (division of the brain)
Spanish
1 entries- lóbulo noun (division of the brain)
Swedish
1 entries- lob noun (division of the brain)
Yiddish
1 entries- לעפּל noun (any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
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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