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Definitions: LACUNAR |
LACUNARAdjective1. Pertaining to, or having, lacunae; as, a lacunar circulation. Noun1. One of the sunken panels in such a ceiling. 2. The ceiling or under surface of any part, especially when it consists of compartments, sunk or hollowed without spaces or bands between the panels. |
Crosswords: LACUNAR |
| English words defined with "LACUNAR": Lacunal, Lacunaria, Lacunars, Laquear. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "LACUNAR": Basal Ganglia Cerebrovascular Disease. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "LACUNAR" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Latin (panelled ceiling). |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This leads to expansion of the lacunar spaces and entrapment of blood by compressing venules against the tunica albuginea, a process referred to as the corporal veno-occlusive mechanism. (references) | |
Acetylcholine is thought to decrease sympathetic tone. This may be important in a permissive sense for adequate trabecular smooth muscle relaxation and consequent effective action of other mediators in achieving sufficient inflow of blood into the lacunar spaces. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
lacunar infarct | 18 |
lacunar stroke | 12 |
infarction lacunar | 8 |
infarcts lacunar | 6 |
lacunar | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "LACUNAR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | lakunaer hemiplegi (lacunar hemiplegia), lakunaer demens (lacunar dementia), lakunaer amnesi (lacunar amnesia), lakunært infarkt (lacuna, lacunar infarct, lacunar infarction), keratosis pharyngis (lacunar pharyngeal hyperkeratosis, precancerous hyperkeratosis), angina follicularis (cryptic tonsillitis, follicular tonsillitis, lacunar tonsillitis). (various references) | |
Dutch | lacunaire dementie (lacunar dementia), lacunair infarct (lacuna, lacunar infarct, lacunar infarction), hyperkeratosis lacunaris pharyngis (lacunar pharyngeal hyperkeratosis), hemiplegia lacunaris (lacunar hemiplegia), angina pultacea (cryptic tonsillitis, follicular tonsillitis, lacunar tonsillitis), angina lacunaris (cryptic tonsillitis, follicular tonsillitis, lacunar tonsillitis), angina follicularis (cryptic tonsillitis, follicular tonsillitis, lacunar tonsillitis), amnesia lacunaris (lacunar amnesia, transient amnesia). (various references) | |
Finnish | lakuunaoireyhtymä (lacuna, lacunar infarct, lacunar infarction). (various references) | |
French | lacune (lacuna, lacunar infarct, lacunar infarction), pharyngomycose (lacunar pharyngeal hyperkeratosis), infarctus lacunaire (lacuna, lacunar infarct, lacunar infarction), hémiplégie lacunaire (lacunar hemiplegia), démence lacunaire (lacunar dementia), angine pultacée (lacunar tonsillitis), angine lacunaire (lacunar tonsillitis), angine folliculaire (lacunar tonsillitis), amnésie lacunaire (lacunar amnesia), accident ischémique de type lacunaire (lacuna, lacunar infarct, lacunar infarction). (various references) | |
German | Pharyngomycosis lacunaris (lacunar pharyngeal hyperkeratosis), Pharyngitis keratosa (lacunar pharyngeal hyperkeratosis), Hyperkeratosis lacunaris sive pharyngis (lacunar pharyngeal hyperkeratosis), Hemiplegia lacunaris (lacunar hemiplegia), Dementia lacunaris (lacunar dementia), Angina Siebenmann (lacunar pharyngeal hyperkeratosis), Angina punctata (cryptic tonsillitis, follicular tonsillitis, lacunar tonsillitis), Angina pultacea (cryptic tonsillitis, follicular tonsillitis, lacunar tonsillitis), Angina lacunaris (cryptic tonsillitis, follicular tonsillitis, lacunar tonsillitis), Angina follicularis (cryptic tonsillitis, follicular tonsillitis, lacunar tonsillitis), Amnesia lacunaris (lacunar amnesia). (various references) | |
Greek | κρυπτική κυνάγχη (cryptic tonsillitis, follicular tonsillitis, lacunar tonsillitis), κρυπτική αμυγδαλίτιδα (cryptic tonsillitis, follicular tonsillitis, lacunar tonsillitis), κενοτοπιώδης αμνησία (lacunar amnesia), βοβριωτό έμφραγμα (lacuna, lacunar infarct, lacunar infarction), βοθρίο (lacuna, lacunar infarct, lacunar infarction), ισχαιμικό επεισόδιο τύπου βοθρίου (lacuna, lacunar infarct, lacunar infarction), νησιδιακή άνοια (lacunar dementia), μυκητίαση του φάρυγγα (lacunar pharyngeal hyperkeratosis), εντετοπισμένη άνοια (lacunar dementia), θυλακιώδης κυνάγχη (cryptic tonsillitis, follicular tonsillitis, lacunar tonsillitis). (various references) | |
Italian | cassettone (caisson, coffer, commode, dresser, panel). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acunarlay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | hemiplegia lacunar (lacunar hemiplegia), faringite cerosa (lacunar pharyngeal hyperkeratosis), faringiomicose lacunar (lacunar pharyngeal hyperkeratosis), demência lacunar (lacunar dementia), angina folicular (cryptic tonsillitis, follicular tonsillitis, lacunar tonsillitis), amnésia lacunar (lacunar amnesia, transient amnesia). (various references) | |
Spanish | lagunar. (various references) | |
Turkish | tekneli tavan. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "LACUNAR": lacunaria, lacunars, lacunary. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-l-n-r-u" | |
-1 letter: anural, canula, carnal, lacuna, ranula. | |
-2 letters: aural, canal, craal, lauan, laura, lunar, ruana, ulnar. | |
-3 letters: alan, alar, anal, aura, carl, carn, caul, clan, curl, curn, luna, narc, nurl, ulan, ulna. | |
-4 letters: aal, ala, ana, arc, can, car, cur, lac, lar, ran, run, urn. | |
-5 letters: aa, al, an, ar, la, na, nu, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-l-n-r-u" | |
+1 letter: cannular, lacunars, lacunary. | |
+2 letters: avuncular, canicular, lacunaria, navicular. | |
+3 letters: connatural, culinarian, naviculars, nonaccrual, retinacula, tentacular, ultraclean, unicameral, vernacular. | |
+4 letters: antinuclear, avuncularly, calumniator, canalicular, candelabrum, carbuncular, contractual, culinarians, hibernacula, intraocular, matriculant, microfaunal, nonvascular, puritanical, rectangular, unpractical, unreachable, untraceable, vernaculars. | |
+5 letters: aeronautical, agranulocyte, alphanumeric, anticultural, appendicular, articulating, articulation, avuncularity, calumniators, candelabrums, caterwauling, clairaudient, confabulator, congratulate, connaturally, constabulary, contrapuntal, extranuclear, hallucinator, inaccurately, inarticulacy, inarticulate, macronuclear, matriculants, naturalistic, renovascular, tabernacular, unbreachable, uncalibrated, uncapturable, uncharitable, uncharitably, unicamerally, unsearchable, unsearchably, vernacularly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 41 43 55 4E 41 52 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .- -.-. ..- -. .- .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01000001 01000011 01010101 01001110 01000001 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L A C U N A R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0041 0043 0055 004E 0041 0052 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46353755483552 |
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