multilobular

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, multi- +‎ lobule +‎ -ar or multi- +‎ lobular.

Adjective

multilobular (not comparable)

1. Having more than one lobule; especially, having more than two.

   Synonyms: multilobulate, multilobulated

   Coordinate term: bilobular

   • 2015 November 17, “Single Pathogen Challenge with Agents of the Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:

     These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis with epithelial necrosis and syncytia [14 ].

Related terms

• multilobar (lobes versus lobules)
• multilobulation
• bilobar
• unilobar

Translations

having more than one lobule

Portuguese: multilobulado, multilobular

See also

• multilocular

Catalan

Etymology

From multi- +‎ lobular.

Adjective

multilobular m or f (masculine and feminine plural multilobulars)

1. multilobular
2. (architecture) multifoiled

Further reading

• “multilobular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025