lacune

French

lacune (plural lacunes)

1. a lacunar stroke or lacunar infarct

   We compared the efficacy and safety of rivaroxaban (at a daily dose of 15 mg) with aspirin (at a daily dose of 100 mg) 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. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1802686

2. lacuna.

   lacune in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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• Lucena, auncel, cuneal, launce, unlace

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Hyphenation: la‧cu‧ne

lacune f (plural lacunes, diminutive lacunetje n)

1. a gap
2. (figuratively) something that is missing

Borrowed from Latin lacūna. Doublet of lagune.

• IPA^(key): /la.kyn/

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lacune f (plural lacunes)

1. gap
2. vacuum, empty space
3. (figuratively) lack; thing that is missing
4. (usually in the plural) ignorance, shortcoming

• “lacune” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• encula

• Rhymes: -une

lacune f

1. plural of lacuna

• alcune
• lucane
• nucale