lacunar

noun
/ləˈk(j)uː.nə/UK/ləˈk(j)u.nəɹ/CA/ləˈk(j)ʉː.nə/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lacūnar. First attested in 1696.

  1. derived from lacūnar

Definitions

  1. A sunken panel or coffer in a ceiling or a soffit

    A sunken panel or coffer in a ceiling or a soffit; a ceiling containing panels of this kind.

    • Lacunar, (in Architect.) the flooring or Planking above the Porticoes; a cieled Roof arched or fretted.
    • Lacunariæ, or Lacunars, panels or coffers formed on the ceilings of apartments, and sometimes on the soffits of coronae in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders.
    • On the grounds of the coffers forming the lacunaria of the ceilings.
  2. Of or pertaining to a lacuna.

    • The circulation is always more or less extensively lacunar; even arteries may be wanting.
    • Once stroke was classified by a risk factor-free method, the stronger relationship between hypertension and lacunar versus nonlacunar infarction patients disappeared.

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