Monilohkoinen

Monilohkoinen is a Finnish adjective used to describe a structure that has multiple lobes or compartments. It is used in descriptive scientific writing to convey a morphology with several lobes rather than a single smooth contour.

Etymology: The term combines moni- meaning many and lohko meaning block, section, or lobe.

Usage: It appears in fields such as anatomy, botany, and geology to denote multipart shapes. For example, a leaf with several distinct lobes can be described as monilohkoinen lehti; a cyst with multiple cavities may be referred to as monilohkoinen kysta. In practice, Finnish authors use the word as a descriptive label rather than a taxonomic category.

English equivalents: The closest translations in English are multilobate or multiloculated. When translating Finnish texts, monilohkoinen is typically rendered as multilobate or multiloculated depending on whether lobes or cavities are emphasized.

See also: Multilobate, Lobate, Multiloculated.