lobe - (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part; "ear lobe"body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function lobe of the lung - any of the three lobes of the right lung or the two lobes of the left lung lobule - a small lobe or subdivision of a lobe frontal lobe - that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying directly behind the forehead parietal lobe - that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying below the crown of the head occipital lobe - that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head temporal lobe - that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying inside the temples of the head |