lacune

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UK, US/ləˈk(j)uːn/

noun

A lacunar stroke or infarct.

OriginFrench lacune →
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Meanings

nounlacune (plural lacunes)

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 stiria

    1824, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume I, London: […] Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Frenchlacune
  2. Englishlacune

From French lacune. Doublet of lacuna and lagoon.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with lacune

junesoonmooncartoonafternoontunenoontribuneimmuneballoonCameroonspoonsaloonlagoontoontycoondunenuntyphoonboonmonsoonplatooncocoonrune
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Anagrams

Lucenacunealauncellaunceauncleunlace
Cite this entry
APA

lacune. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lacune

MLA

“lacune.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lacune. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lacune,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lacune.

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