(anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra
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Hepatic lobe
any of the five lobes forming the liver
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(anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function; "the breathing apparatus"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening; "the uterine fundus"; "the fundus of the sto…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney"
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A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or five gallons and three pints, as a measure for liquids; and two pecks and five qu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: five, lobes, forming, liver.A former gold coin of Germany worth nearly five dollars; also, a gold coin of Sweden worth nearly five dollars.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: five, lobes, forming, liver.Five; the number five in dice or cards.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: five, lobes, forming, liver.A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild animals, forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, bu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: five, lobes, forming, liver.The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: five, lobes, forming, liver.the deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures; separates the frontal lobes and temporal lobes in both hemispheres
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: five, lobes, forming, liver.Five-twenty bonds of the United States (bearing six per cent interest), issued in 1862, '64, and '65, redeemable after five and payabl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: five, lobes, forming, liver.In fives; consisting of five in one; five repeated; quintuple.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: five, lobes, forming, liver.The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: five, lobes, forming, liver.Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: five, lobes, forming, liver.A digestive gland in Crustacea, Mollusca, etc., usually called the liver, but different from the liver of vertebrates.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: five, lobes, forming, liver.Arising from the liver; due to a condition of the liver; as, hepatogenic jaundice.
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