Lobation

Lobation is a characteristic of the cell nucleus of certain white blood cells, when the nucleus is segmented into two or more connected lobes.

Lobated leukocytes
Cell type Image Lobation
Neutrophil multilobed, i.e. having more than two lobes
Eosinophil bi-lobed, i.e. having two lobes
Basophil bi- or tri-lobed

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