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lacunes

lacunes is the plural of lacune.

Meaning of lacune

Noun

lacune (plural lacunes)

  1. A lacunar stroke or infarct.
    • We compared the efficacy and safety of rivaroxaban […] with aspirin […] for the prevention of recurrent stroke in patients with recent ischemic stroke that was presumed to be from cerebral embolism but without arterial stenosis, lacune, or an identified cardioembolic source.2018, The New England Journal of Medicine, →DOI
  2. A lacuna.
    • Let us climb over the ice and snow, leap across the lacune, and wipe away the stiria1824, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume I, London: […] Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC

Questions about lacunes

What is lacunes the plural of?
Lacunes is the plural of lacune.

Words near lacunes in the dictionary

  1. lacunary function
  2. lacunary series
  3. lacunas
  4. lacunate
  5. lacune
  6. lacunes
  7. lacunin
  8. lacuno-rugose
  9. lacunocanalicular
  10. lacunose
  11. lacunosity

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