LACUNA (lacunae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: lacunae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does lacuna mean? 

• LACUNA (noun)
  The noun LACUNA has 1 sense:

1. a blank gap or missing part

  Familiarity information: LACUNA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LACUNA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A blank gap or missing part

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

blank; lacuna

Hypernyms ("lacuna" is a kind of...):

crack; gap (a narrow opening)

 Context examples 

They occupy a small cavity, called lacuna, in the matrix and are connected to adjacent osteocytes via protoplasmic projections called canaliculi.

(Murine Osteocytes, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A sporadic genetic syndrome characterized by agenesis of the corpus callosum, infantile spasms, and chorioretinal lacunae.

(Aicardi Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

"Our young friend makes up for many obvious mental lacunae by some measure of primitive common sense," remarked Challenger.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)