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LOBULE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small lobe or subdivision of a lobe
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lobule" is a kind of...):
lobe ((anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part)
Derivation:
lobular (of or relating to or resembling a lobule)
Context examples:
It is composed of diffuse sheets or large lobules of uniform cells with mild to moderate nuclear atypia and low to moderate level mitotic activity.
(Pineal Parenchymal Tumor of Intermediate Differentiation, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)
The thin fibrous lining that divides the parathyroid gland into lobules.
(Parathyroid Gland Capsule, NCI Thesaurus)
Invasive breast cancer is breast cancer that has spread from where it began in the breast ducts or lobules to surrounding normal tissue.
(Breast Cancer, NCI Dictionary)
A section of the breast that contains the lobules (the glands that make milk).
(Breast lobe, NCI Dictionary)
LCIS is a condition in which abnormal cells are found in the lobules of the breast.
(Breast carcinoma in situ, NCI Dictionary)
The acini within the lobules generally have epithelial cells with large, hyperchromatic and somewhat pleomorphic nuclei.
(Inflammatory Nodule of the Mouse Mammary Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
A benign tumor, composed of lobules of mature adipocytes, that penetrates the surrounding tissue from which it arises.
(Infiltrating Lipoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A WHO grade I meningioma characterized by the presence of tumor cells that form lobules.
(Meningothelial Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)
Another type is infiltrating lobular carcinoma, which begins in the lobules (milk glands) of the breast.
(Infiltrating breast cancer, NCI Dictionary)
Cells found within the glomerular lobules of mammalian kidney, where they serve as structural supports, may regulate blood flow, are phagocytic and may act as accessory cells, presenting antigen in immune responses.
(Glomerular Mesangial Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
