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Definition of Lacunae
1. lacuna [n] - See also: lacuna
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Literary usage of Lacunae
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1. Manual of Human Histology by Albert Kölliker, George Busk (1853)
"They proceed principally, however, in the first place, from both surfaces of the
lacunae straight through the lamellae; and secondly, parallel with the ..."
2. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"But this view appears also to be delusive. Examination of the structure of bone,
when » recent, led Virchow to believe that the lacunae F«;. 28. ..."
3. A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a Description of All Known Flagellate by William Saville-Kent (1880)
"... circular lacunae; the remaining surface of the lorica perforated by innumerable
irregularly disposed fenestrae of rounded form and variable size, ..."
4. Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Histological Series Contained by John Quekett (1855)
"It has been boiled for some time in Canada balsam, in order to fill the lacunae
and their canaliculi, and render them transparent. On a careful examination ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"The lacunae, the lamella;, and the Haver- sian canal which they surround, are
sometimes ... From the ends and sides of any one of these lacunae very minute ..."
6. An Arabic-English Lexicon: Derived from the Best and the Most Copious by Edward William Lane (1885)
"... is effected by the publication of Volumes VII. and VIII. with the lacunae
unfilled is to make a somewhat more frequent reference to Book II. necessary. ..."
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