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lobe

[lohb] / loʊb /


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Located within the brain's temporal lobe, the hippocampus helps organize information and plays an important role in forming new memories.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Pope Leo XIV's recovery from surgery to remove a lower lobe of his lung is "progressing as expected", his doctors have said.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

The 71-year-old pontiff underwent an operation to remove the lower lobe of his right lung.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The Vatican said "the lower lobe of the right lung was removed" during Tuesday's operation to remove the mass.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

The spring was not far off and I rested there, though I was very thirsty, cutting a lobe from a cactus bush to chew on.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell

In extended sources, researchers observed systematic age gradients that are consistent with the movement of plasma through the lobes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

Early in the disease, regions around the hippocampus, deep within the brain's temporal lobes, are among the first to be affected.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

The system accurately steered the beam across a broad field of view without producing any grating lobes.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

The unwanted beam copies, called grating lobes, can confuse the sensor and generate false detections.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

She laughs, too, and her drop pearl earrings dance from her lobes.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García


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