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lacunar

American  
[luh-kyoo-ner] / ləˈkju nər /

noun

lacunars, plural lacunaria plural
  1. Architecture.

    1. a coffered vault, ceiling, or soffit.

    2. coffer.


adjective

  1. lacunal.

lacunar British  
/ ləˈkjuːnə /

noun

  1. Also called: lequear.  a ceiling, soffit, or vault having coffers

  2. another name for coffer

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or containing a lacuna or lacunas

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of lacunar

First recorded in 1690–1700; lacun(a) + -ar 1

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Patients with enlarged arteries were more than four times more likely to have experienced a lacunar stroke.

From Science Daily Jul. 3, 2026

In contrast, artery widening showed a strong connection to lacunar stroke.

From Science Daily Jul. 3, 2026

New research suggests that lacunar ischemic stroke is not primarily caused by fatty plaque building up inside arteries, as many have assumed.

From Science Daily Jul. 3, 2026

The analysis showed that narrowing of large arteries was not associated with lacunar stroke or with small vessel disease.

From Science Daily Jul. 3, 2026

There are no lacunar blood spaces with ill-defined or absent walls except for a sinus surrounding the intestine, which is at least frequently present.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

Part of the ceiling, lacunaria, of the Theseion with six squares for soffits cut through the marble.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.

The sculptures, tiles, lacunaria, and capitals of the interior architecture were all of marble, which was probably obtained in the neighbourhood.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.

In these ways all defects will be corrected, whether in metopes or intercolumniations or lacunaria, as all the arrangements have been made with uniformity.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

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