bilobar

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English

Etymology

bi- +‎ lobe +‎ -ar; equivalent to bi- +‎ lobar

Adjective

bilobar (not comparable)

  1. Having or involving two lobes, such as two lobes of the liver or two lobes of a lung.
    • 1879, “The Male Generative Organs of the Koala”, in Journal of Anatomy, volume 13, page 308:
      Pyriform in shape, its broad end is next the neck of the bladder; in this portion, a wellmarked antero-posterior depression on its rectal aspect breaks the otherwise uniform surface of the gland, and shows its tendency to a bilobar condition.
    • 2017, Y Fukami et al., “Bilobar versus unilobar multiple colorectal liver metastases: a propensity score analysis of surgical outcomes and recurrence patterns”, in J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci, volume 24, number 3, →DOI, →PMID, pages 153–160:
      This study was designed to compare the long-term outcomes and recurrence patterns after one-stage resection in patients with bilobar versus unilobar MCLM [multiple colorectal liver metastases].

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