lacuna
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.la·cu·na
noun \lə-ˈkü-nə, -ˈkyü-\ plural la·cu·nae \-ˈkyü-(ˌ)nē, -ˈkü-ˌnī\ also la·cu·nas \-ˈkü-nəz, -ˈkyü-\
Definition of LACUNA
1
: a blank space or a missing part : gap <the evident lacunae in his story — Shirley Hazzard>; also : deficiency 1 <despite all these lacunae, those reforms were a vast improvement — New Republic>
2
: a small cavity, pit, or discontinuity in an anatomical structure
— la·cu·nar \-ˈkü-nər, -ˈkyü-\ also la·cu·nate \lə-ˈkü-nət, -ˈkyü-, -ˌnāt; ˈla-kyə-ˌnāt\ adjective
See Examples of LACUNA
- She found a lacuna in the historical record.
- <attributes many of the nation's problems to a lacuna of leadership at the top>
Origin of LACUNA
Latin, pool, pit, gap — more at lagoon
First Known Use: 1652
Related to LACUNA
- Synonyms
- crunch, dearth, deficit, drought (also drouth), failure, famine, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, lack, deficiency, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, undersupply, want
la·cu·na
noun \lə-ˈk(y)ü-nə\ (Medical Dictionary)plural ; la·cu·nae \-ˈkyü-(ˌ)nē, -ˈkü-ˌnī\ (audio pronunciation) (audio pronunciation)
Medical Definition of LACUNA
: a small cavity, pit, or discontinuity in an anatomical structure: as a : one of the follicles in the mucous membrane of the urethra b : one of the minute cavities in bone or cartilage occupied by the osteocytes
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