noun
- small lobes or subdivisions of a lobe, especially in anatomical structures
Usage: medical; anatomical
Examples
- The liver is divided into lobules that perform essential metabolic functions.
- Each lung lobule contains clusters of air sacs called alveoli.
- The mammary gland consists of numerous lobules that produce milk.
- Brain tissue is organized into functional lobules in the cerebellum.
- The pathologist examined the kidney lobules under the microscope.
- Inflammation affected several lobules in the patient’s pancreas.