a. [ad. mod.L. lobār-is, f. L. lobus LOBE: see -AR1.] Pertaining to a lobe.
1856. in Mayne, Expos. Lex.
1873. T. H. Green, Introd. Pathol., 287. This form of pneumonia almost invariably affects an extensive portion of the lung, hence the term ‘lobar’ which is applied to it.
1889. Syd. Soc. Lex., Lobar arteries, the arteries which are distributed to the lobes of the brain. Lobar fissures, the sulci between the cerebral and cerebellar lobes.
