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Definition of Lobe of the lung
1. Noun. Any of the three lobes of the right lung or the two lobes of the left lung.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lobe Of The Lung
Literary usage of Lobe of the lung
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1891)
"The upper lobe of the lung was, therefore, turned forward, the bronchus cleared
from the surrounding vessels and incised for one-half inch. ..."
2. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"ted in the upper lobe of the lung (Fig. 441, ep~). This branch, which comes bore
the place where the right pulmonary artery crosses ..."
3. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"Once present in an apex, the disease usually extends in time to the opposite
upper lobe; but not, as a rule, until the apex of the lower lobe of the lung ..."
4. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1904)
"... and the left upper lobe of the lung presents a chronic miliary tuberculosis;
miliary tubercles are also scattered throughout the right lung; ..."
5. The London Medical Gazette (1844)
"The lower lobe of the lung presented a deep red appearance, similar to that of
the opposite side. At that point posteriorly where the lung adhered so firmly ..."
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