lacunar1
/ləˈkjuːnə
/adjective
Relating to a lacuna.Patients with diabetes are probably more prone to irreversible rather than reversible ischaemic brain damage, and small lacunar infarcts are common....
- Just 42 patients in the recombinant tissue plasminogen activator trials were over 80, and only a few had lacunar strokes.
- Of the patients with AD, 15.5% also had cerebral microinfarcts, 19.4% had lacunar infarcts, and 19.4% had hippocampal sclerosis.
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lacunar2
/ləˈkjuːnə/noun
1A vault or ceiling consisting of recessed panels.The recurrence of blind arches placed on half columns, with inner lacunars surmounted by arcades resting on columns, is linked by corbels to the wall facing.
1.1A panel in a lacunar.The church is circular in shape and it is covered by an impressive dome which is styled on the Pantheon, with lacunars and rosettes carved from limestone....
- The ceiling, constructed between 1461 and 1484 is made up of square lacunars with leaf decorations and heads of angels with eight wings, each with different facial characteristics.
- Its interior is characterized by a great central peperino arch with lacunars and rosettes, introducing to the high altar consecrated to the Virgin, whose icon is painted on a piece of slate.
- offtake
- off target
- off the ball
- off the beaten track
- off the beaten track (or path)
- off the bit (or bridle)
- off the boat
- off-the-course
- off the cuff
- off-the-face
- off the grid
- off the grog
- off the hook
- off-the-job
- off the map
- off the pace
- off the peg
- off-the-plan
- off the rack
- off the record
- off-the-road
- off the scale
- off the shelf
- off the shoulder
- off the top of one's head