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Meaning of "lacunar" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LACUNAR

From Latin lacūnar panelled ceiling, from lacūna cavity.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LACUNAR

lacunar  [ləˈkjuːnə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LACUNAR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lacunar can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LACUNAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lacuna

Lacuna may refer to: ▪ Lacuna, a missing section of text ▪ Lacuna, an extended silence in a piece of music ▪ Lacuna, a lexical gap in a language ▪ Lacuna, the lack of a law or legal source addressing a situation ▪ Lacuna, a small space containing an osteocyte in bone or chondrocyte in cartilage ▪ Lacuna, a fictional Marvel Comics superhero ▪ The Lacuna, a 2009 novel by Barbara Kingsolver ▪ Lacuna, Inc., a fictional company in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ▪ Lacuna, a character in Xanth by Piers Anthony ▪ Lacunary function, in mathematics ▪ Jessie Lacuna, a Filipino swimmer ▪ Lacuna, a 2012 film...

Definition of lacunar in the English dictionary

The definition of lacunar in the dictionary is Also called: lequear. a ceiling, soffit, or vault having coffers. Other definition of lacunar is of, relating to, or containing a lacuna or lacunas.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LACUNAR


Buna
ˈbuːnə
cassumunar
ˌkæsʊˈmjuːnə
communer
kəˈmjuːnə
Fortuna
fɔːˈtjuːnə
impugner
ɪmˈpjuːnə
Kaduna
kəˈduːnə
koruna
kɒˈruːnə
kuna
ˈkuːnə
lacuna
ləˈkjuːnə
laguna
ləˈɡuːnə
Luna
ˈluːnə
lunar
ˈluːnə
Nagarjuna
ˌnæɡɑːˈdʒuːnə
oppugner
əˈpjuːnə
Pune
ˈpuːnə
schooner
ˈskuːnə
sooner
ˈsuːnə
tuna
ˈtjuːnə
tuner
ˈtjuːnə
vicuna
vɪˈkjuːnə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LACUNAR

lactoglobulin
lactometer
lactone
lactonic
lactoprotein
lactoscope
lactose
lactosuria
lacuna
lacunae
lacunal
lacunaria
lacunary
lacunate
lacune
lacunose
lacunosity
lacustrine
LACW
lacy

WORDS THAT END LIKE LACUNAR

circumlunar
cislunar
denar
dinar
Donar
Gulf of Mannar
Gunnar
interlunar
laminar
planar
plenilunar
pulvinar
semilunar
seminar
solunar
sonar
superlunar
supralunar
translunar
webinar

Synonyms and antonyms of lacunar in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lacunar» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LACUNAR

Find out the translation of lacunar to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lacunar from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lacunar» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

腔隙性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lacunar
570 millions of speakers

English

lacunar
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

lacunar
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجوبي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лакунарные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lacunar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

lacunar
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lacunaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lacunar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lacunar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

格天井
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

열공
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lacunar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lỗ khuyết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

லாகுனர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Lacunar
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tekneli tavan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cassettone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kasetonów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лакунарні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lacunar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βοθριακό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lakunêre
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lakunär
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lacunar
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lacunar

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LACUNAR»

The term «lacunar» is regularly used and occupies the 76.144 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LACUNAR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lacunar» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lacunar» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lacunar

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LACUNAR»

Discover the use of lacunar in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lacunar and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lacunar and other subcortical infarctions
This new book covers all these issues and closes with a section that summarizes the current position in disease investigation and management.
Geoffrey A. Donnan, 1995
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Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease
CZt7L€ was coined by Dechambre approximately 100 years ago and, in 1901, Marie described the lacunar state as a series of strokes that led to a dementia. 178 Lacunes account for approximately 10% of all symptomatic strokes and are most ...
Jr. Professor and Director Harold P. Adams, Divison of Cerebrovascular Diseases Department of Neurology University of Iowa College of Medicine Iowa City, Department of Clinical Neurological Science University of Western Ontario London Health Sciences Center Vladimir C. Hachinski Professor of Neurology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Stroke Research Uni, 2001
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Advanced Therapy in Hypertension and Vascular Disease
and clumsiness of the hand.3 Prediction of a clinical stroke syndrome as the result of a lacunar infarct can be done rather accurately by dedicated clinicians; clinicians who are less well trained or interested in cerebrovascular disease perform ...
Emile R. Mohler, Raymond R. Townsend, 2006
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Stroke: Clinical manifestations and pathogenesis
and Other Subcortical Infarctions. Oxford University Press, London, pp. 3–15. Herve D, Mangin JF, Molko N, et al. (2005). Shape and volume of lacunar infarcts : a 3D MRI study in cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical ...
‎2009
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Solute Diffusion in the Bone Lacunar-canalicular System: Its ...
Significance of Solute Transport through the Osteocyte Lacunar-Canalicular System (LCS) To fulfill the regulatory roles of osteocytes, the signaling molecules secreted by osteocytes need to reach their targets (osteoblast, osteoclast), which  ...
Wen Li, 2008
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Stroke Syndromes
showed resolution of their 'cortical' symptoms over the few days after the stroke i.e. a later examination would 'correctly' have allocated them to the lacunar group. The patients who improved included 15 of 22 with a motor aphasia, two of two ...
Julien Bogousslavsky, Louis R. Caplan, 2001
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Stroke
The third way lacunar strokes differ from other types of stroke is that the pathology of the blockage is still subject to much debate. It is possible that mechanisms other than atheroma cause the lacunar infarct, and this is still the subject of ...
Richard I Lindley, 2008
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Cerebral Small Vessel Disease
antihypertensive agents or combination of agents to meet assigned targets. The results of SPS3 demonstrate a significant benefit for reduction of hemorrhagic stroke and a trend towards reduction of all recurrent stroke in lacunar stroke patients ...
Leonardo Pantoni, Philip B. Gorelick, 2014
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World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering ...
CAD Scheme for differential diagnosis of lacunar infarcts and normal Virchow- Robin spaces on brain MR images Y. Uchiyama1, T. Asano2, T. Hara3, H. Fujita3 , H. Hoshi2, T. Iwama4, and Y. Kinosada1 Department of Biomedical Informatics,  ...
Olaf Dössel, Wolfgang C. Schlegel, 2010
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Cardiac Arrhythmias: Advances in Research and Treatment: ...
(2010 MAY 24) University Hospital, Barcelona: Clinical predictors of lacunar syndrome not due to lacunar infarction Research findings, 'Clinical predictors of lacunar syndrome not due to lacunar infarction,' are discussed in a new report.
‎2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LACUNAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lacunar is used in the context of the following news items.
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What Is Vascular Dementia?
Features that indicate subcortical dysfunction (typically owing to lacunar infarcts and chronic ischemia) include focal motor signs, gait ... «Medscape, Jul 15»
2
Clinical Review: Transient ischaemic attack
Lacunar or small-vessel events are due to stenosis of one of the intracranial vessels, anteriorly from the middle cerebral artery or its branches ... «GP online, Jul 15»
3
Clemson pitcher diagnosed with nodular sclerosing lymphoma
It is composed of large tumor nodules with lacunar Reed-Sternberg cell (RS cells) surrounded by fibrotic collagen bands. Official Clemson Bio: ... «TigerNet, Jun 15»
4
Stroke came swiftly, without typical warning signs
Doctors found Slaughter had suffered a minor stroke inside of her brain. Slaughter had a Lacunar stroke which is caused by a lack of blood flow ... «Tallahassee.com, May 15»
5
The Clinical Core of the JNC 8 Hypertension Guidelines
SPS3: In patients aged 63 years on average with a previous lacunar stroke, an intensive SBP target of <130 mm Hg and achieved average SBP ... «Pharmacy Times, Apr 15»
6
Was Rhodesia Really Better?
When someone forgets some traumatic experience in order not to relive it in their minds it is a psychological condition called lacunar amnesia. «The Herald, Apr 15»
7
Greater Sense of Purpose May Protect the Aging Brain
The association with macroscopic infarcts was driven by lacunar infarcts, independent of cerebral large or small vessel disease, they note. «Medscape, Mar 15»
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CardioBreak: Warfarin Reversal, Purpose in Life, Stroke Mimic tPA
... in a case series and systematic review. A sense of purpose in life was linked to fewer macroscopic lacunar infarcts in an observational study. «MedPage Today, Mar 15»
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Meeting summaries: Stroke prevention, Mediterranean diet …
In patients with noncardioembolic ischemic stroke (i.e., atherothrombotic infarction, lacunar infarction, infarction of undetermined etiology), ... «American Pharmacists Association, pharmacist.com, Mar 15»
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Low-dose pravastatin reduced atherothrombotic infarction in certain …
2.65%/year; adjusted HR = 0.97; 95% CI, 0.73-1.29) and secondary endpoints of lacunar infarction (1.26%/year vs. 1.01%/year; adjusted HR ... «Healio, Feb 15»

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