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APRIL 23, 2017
lacuna
noun
[luh-kyoo-nuh]
1. a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical
argument; hiatus.
2. Anatomy. one of the numerous minute cavities in the substance of
bone, supposed to contain nucleate cells.
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2007 ORIGINIn Latin lacÅ«na means âditch, pit, gap, deficiency, hole,
hole where water collects.â The modern French lagune âlagoon,â
Italian laguna âlagoon,â and Spanish lagunaâlagoon, gapâ are
obvious developments from lacūna. Lacūna in turn is a derivative of
lacus âbasin, tub, cistern, pond, lake,â the source (through Old
French) of the English lake. Latin lacus is also related to Scots
Gaelic and Irish loch. Lacunaentered English in the 17th century.