bilobar

bi- +‎ lobe +‎ -ar; equivalent to bi- +‎ lobar

bilobar (not comparable)

1. Having or involving two lobes, such as two lobes of the liver or two lobes of a lung.
   • 1879, “The Male Generative Organs of the Koala”, in Journal of Anatomy, volume 13, page 308:

     Pyriform in shape, its broad end is next the neck of the bladder; in this portion, a wellmarked antero-posterior depression on its rectal aspect breaks the otherwise uniform surface of the gland, and shows its tendency to a bilobar condition.

   • 2017, Y Fukami et al., “Bilobar versus unilobar multiple colorectal liver metastases: a propensity score analysis of surgical outcomes and recurrence patterns”, in J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci, volume 24, number 3, →DOI, →PMID, pages 153–160:

     This study was designed to compare the long-term outcomes and recurrence patterns after one-stage resection in patients with bilobar versus unilobar MCLM [multiple colorectal liver metastases].

• bilobarity
• bilobular

• multilobar
• multilobular
• unilobar