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Lobate, or Lobed (lo'-bdt, lobd) [lobus, lobe]. In bi- 

 ology, possessing lobes, or of the form of a lobe. 



Lobe (Job} [_'/<> teg, lobus, a lobe]. Any one of the 

 parts or divisions into which an organ maybe separ- 

 ated by fissures and constrictions ; as the lobes of the 

 brain, liver, ear, etc. A more or less rounded part or 

 projection of an organ. Lobes of Brain; each half 

 of the convex cerebral surface is divided by fissures into 

 five lobes, the frontal, parii I il, oc< tpital, temporo-sphe- 

 noidal, and central, or island of Reil, to which some 

 writers add a frontoparietal lobe. See Brain and 

 Fissure. Lobes of Liver. See Liver. L., Margi- 

 nal, the first frontal convolution running along the 

 margin of the longitudinal fissure. Lobes, Optic, 

 the tubercula quadrigemina, L., Slender (of the cere- 

 bellum). The fourth of the five lobes on the under 

 surface of either hemisphere of the cerebellum. 



Lobelacrin (lo-bel-a r -krin) [fromM.de Lobel, a French 

 botanist]. An acrid principle derivable from Lobelia 

 inflata. Unof. 



Lobelet (lob' -let). Same as Lobulet. 



Lobelia (lo-be'-le-tili) [from M . de Lobel, a French 

 botanist]. The leaves and tops of L. inflata, an ex- 

 pectorant, antispasmodic, and emetic ; in larger doses 

 a motor depressant and narcotic. It is valuable in 

 asthma and dry cough, and is the main ingredient of 

 empiric cures for pulmonary tuberculosis. It makes an 

 excellent enema in strangulated hernia. L., Acetum, 

 10 per cent, of the drug. Dose rrLv-sjj. L., Fid. 

 Ext. Dose TnJ-x. L., Infus., unof, t ) ] to Oj. 

 Dose 3J-5J- L., Tinct., 20 per cent, of the drug. 

 Dose n\v-xxx. L., Tinct., .ffitherealis (B. P.) 

 Dose m^x-xxx. The genus Lobelia contains many 

 species, most of them having little-understood medi- 

 cinal qualities. 



Lobelin (lo-be'-lin) [from M. de Lobel, a French bota- 

 nist]. I. A precipitate from the tincture of Lobelia 

 inflata ; an emetic, nervine, anti-spasmodic, resolvent 

 and relaxant. Dose, as an emetic I to 3 grains in warm 

 water, repeated, if necessary, in ten minutes, until an 

 effect is produced. As a diaphoretic and expectorant 

 from % to )A grain. Unof. 2. An oily liquid alka- 

 loid, from the plant Lobelia inflata ; actively poisonous. 

 Unof. 



Lobopneumonia (lo-bo-nu-mo'-ne-aK). See Pneumo- 

 nia, Croupous. 



Lobstein's Cancer. Retroperitoneal sarcoma. It often 

 attains a considerable size. See Diseases, Table of. 



Lobular (lob'-u-lar) globulus, a little lobe]. Like a 

 lobule. Pertaining to any lobule. L. Pneumonia. 

 See Pneumonia , Catarrhal . 



Lobulate, Lobulated (lob f -u-l6t,lob f -u-Za-ted) \lobu- 

 latus, from lobulus, a little lobe]. Consisting of small 

 lobes or lobules. 



Lobulation (lob-u-la' '-shun) globulus, small lobe]. Divi- 

 sion into lobules. L., Congenital, preservation in 

 adult life of the fetal lobulation of an organ. 



Lobule (lob' -ill) \_lobus, a lobe]. See Lobulus. L., 

 Oval, the paracentral lobule. L., Paracentral, the 

 superior connecting convolution of the ascending 

 frontal and ascending parietal gyri. L., Pneumo- 

 gastric, the flocculus of the cerebellum. 



Lobulet (lob'-u-le!) [dim. of lobulus, a lobule]. A 

 minor lobule, especially of the lung ; a group, or series 

 of groups, of five or six air-sacs connected with the 

 dilated end of a bronchiole. 



Lobulization (lob-u-liz-a'-shun). See Lobulation. 



Lobulus (lob'-u-li/s) [dim. of lobus, a lobe : pi. , Lobult], 

 A small lobe or division of an organ. L. caudatus, 

 the tailed lobe, or elevation of the liver that separates 

 the right extremity of the transverse fissure from the 

 commencement of the fissure for the inferor vena cava. 



L. centralis, the superior vermiform process; the 

 island of Reil. L. corporis striati, the island of 

 Reil ; the lenticular nucleus. L. of Ear, the soft 

 mass at the lower part of the pinna of the car. L. 

 fissurae sylvii.the island of Reil. L. hepatis an- 

 onymus. Sec Liver, Quadrate Lobe of L. para- 

 central, the mesial aspect of the upper portion of 



the as in . parietal convolutions, in front of the 



up curved end of the colloso- marginal fissure. L. 

 quadratus, the square lobe upon the inferior -in 

 face of the right lobe of the liver. L. spigelii, the 

 lobule projecting from the posterior portion of the 

 inferior surface of the liver. L. tuberis, the nodule 

 of the cerebellum ; the supra-marginal gyrus. L. 

 vagi, the flocculus of the cerebellum. 



Lobus (lo'-bus) [I.., a lobe]. A lobe. Any well-de- 

 fined, rounded part of an organ. L. caudatus. See 

 Lobulus. L. opertus, the insula of the brain. L. 

 quadratus. See Lobulus. 



Local (lo f -kl) \localis ; loeus, place]. Not general. 

 Affecting a part or place. 



Localization (Jo kal-iz-a* '-shun) \_loeus, a place]. The 

 designation of the seat of any pain, irritation, injury, or 



Diagram of the Motor Areas on the Outer Surface of 

 a Monkey's Brain. {Horsley and Schafer.) 



Diagram of the Motor Areas on the Marginal Convo- 

 lution of a Monkey's Brain. (Horsley and SchSfer.) 



disease, or the process by which a general condition 

 manifests itself in a particular place. The faculty 

 of locating sensory impressions. L., Cerebral, 

 the determination of the anatomic position of the cen- 

 ters in the brain that preside over certain physiologic 

 acts ; or of the seat of pathologic conditions interfer- 

 ing with the proper function of these centers. See 

 illustrations annexed. L., Spinal-cord ; Cowers' 

 table, showing the approximate relations to the spinal 

 nerves of the various functions of the cord, is given 

 herewith. 



