(anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra
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Lobe of the lung
any of the three lobes of the right lung or the two lobes of the left lung
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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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An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line from left to right, and the next from right to left (as fields are plowe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: three, lobes, right, lung, left.Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who support the existing government. They sit in the middle of the legislative…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: three, lobes, right, lung, left.Pertaining to, or situated on, the right hand; right, as opposed to sinister, or left.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: three, lobes, right, lung, left.(mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: three, lobes, right, lung, left.An instrument consisting of a telescope so mounted as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: three, lobes, right, lung, left.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: three, lobes, right, lung, left.An oval lobe beneath each of the optic lobes in many fishes; one of the inferior lobes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: three, lobes, right, lung, left.A movement in tactics by which the order of companies in line is inverted, the right being on the left, the left on the right, and so…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: three, lobes, right, lung, left.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: three, lobes, right, lung, left.A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: three, lobes, right, lung, left.To have remaining at death; hence, to bequeath; as, he left a large estate; he left a good name; he left a legacy to his niece.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: three, lobes, right, lung, left.Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action of the limbs is usually weaker than on the other side; -…
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