lacuna
(lă-koo′nă)
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(lă-koo′nē″)
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pl. lacunae [L., lacuna, pit, gap, deficiency]
1. An empty space, gap, or hollow area.
2. The space occupied by cells of calcified tissues, e.g., cementocytes, chondrocytes, and osteocytes.
3. A focal loss of brain tissue due to a stroke involving a small penetrating artery in the brain.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Lacuna." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736396/all/lacuna.
Lacuna. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736396/all/lacuna. Accessed November 2, 2024.
Lacuna. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736396/all/lacuna
Lacuna [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 02]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736396/all/lacuna.
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