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noun pl. lacunas or lacunae

  1. a space where something has been omitted or has come out; gap; hiatus; esp., a missing portion in a manuscript, text, etc.
  2. Anat., Biol. a space, cavity, or depression; specif., any of the very small cavities in bone that are filled with bone cells

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