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- noun Plural form of
lobule .
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Examples
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Oncologist Lynn Hartmann says as women age and pass childbearing age, the number of so-called lobules naturally decreases.
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Assuming that the wind kept up (which it always did) long, shallow concavities would now be scooped out as the "lobules" of the fleece were carried away piecemeal.
The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920
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These lobules are connected to small ducts, which connect with larger ducts to ultimately form the hepatic duct.
About the Liver 2010
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All breast cancer starts in these milk ducts lobules which make the milk hang off the ducts like leaves.
Susan M. Love: Breast Cancer Surgery -- Ignorance of Anatomy, Not a Dearth of Guidelines Susan M. Love 2012
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The liver has two main lobes, both of which are made up of thousands of lobules.
About the Liver 2010
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These lobules are connected to small ducts, which connect with larger ducts to ultimately form the hepatic duct.
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All breast cancer starts in these milk ducts lobules which make the milk hang off the ducts like leaves.
Susan M. Love: Breast Cancer Surgery -- Ignorance of Anatomy, Not a Dearth of Guidelines Susan M. Love 2012
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All breast cancer starts in these milk ducts lobules which make the milk hang off the ducts like leaves.
Susan M. Love: Breast Cancer Surgery -- Ignorance of Anatomy, Not a Dearth of Guidelines Susan M. Love 2012
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All breast cancer starts in these milk ducts lobules which make the milk hang off the ducts like leaves.
Susan M. Love: Breast Cancer Surgery -- Ignorance of Anatomy, Not a Dearth of Guidelines Susan M. Love 2012
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The liver has two main lobes, both of which are made up of thousands of lobules.
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