How To Use Lacuna In A Sentence

Arranged round these vessels are circles of the formative elements, the bone corpuscles or osteoblasts (b.c.) each embedded in bony matrix in a little bed, the lacuna, and communicating one with another by fine processes through canaliculi in the matrix, which processes are only to be seen clearly in decalcified bone (See Section 70). Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
The narrative was involving, yet contained a couple of irritating lacunae. Times, Sunday Times
In a richly ornamented setting with animals and plants on a red background, in 14 copper rosettes placed between lacunars, there are the Wise Virgins and Foolish Virgins of the New Testament parable; the former hold lighted lamps, the latter have lamps already extinguished.
The calcified matrix of bone consists of cavities known as lacunae that are connected via a network of canals known as canaliculi, which carries interstitial fluid through the skeletal system. News from The Scientist
I have thought it, for example, not humane to variegate the text of an Anthology with despairing obeli: and occasionally I have covered up an indubitable lacuna by artifices which I trust may pass undetected by the general reader and unreproved by the charitable critic. Preface

The ceiling is adorned with majolica lacunars.
As Prof. Nettleship has pointed out, this seems to indicate that there are two words, _laquear_ from _laqueus_, meaning chain or network, and _lacuar_ or _lacunar_ from _lacus_, meaning sunk work. The Aeneid of Virgil
Surviving manuscripts have been preserved by chance, so there will always be lacunae in the documentary record.
The reflected inguinal ligament is a layer of tendinous fibers of a triangular shape, formed by an expansion from the lacunar ligament and the inferior crus of the subcutaneous inguinal ring. IV. Myology. 6d. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Abdomen
That said, there are clear lacunae in the programme set out so far. Times, Sunday Times
The editorial file I examined has some obvious lacunae and is very thin on letters from Pynchon (someone probably filched them, alas).
Delhi: Four years after the RTI Act came into force, lack of mandatory monitoring mechanism for its implementation remains an important "lacunae" while government agencies are shying from disclosure of subsidies data worth several crores of rupees, vice president Hamid Ansari said WN.com - Articles related to Ansari for better safety in mines
When Lacuna anesthetizes him, it will repeat endlessly in a recurring dream, skipping like a needle on a scratched record.
At the same time I thought it advisable, in my note under the same heading (Cantabrigia), to point out to him that he had, no doubt inadvertently, been poaching on my preserves, and I took advantage of the opportunity and filled up the lacunae in the steps of the derivation which, from want of evidence, had been left in my first note. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVIII No 1
Conspicuous lacunae indicate that key pieces of the jigsaw have been suppressed. The Times Literary Supplement
You can admire the floors in original cooked tiles and the interesting girders of the ceiling, divided by wood worked lacunars.
To supply, to some extent, this lacuna in our popular literature has been the object of the present work, in which, it is hoped, may be found much curious and interesting physiological information, interspersed with _recherché_ and festivous anecdotes. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction
Thus, divergent growth apparently prompted offsetting, in order for the coral to maintain the lacuna and occupy the space around it.
There is some kind of lacunae which needs to be worked out," she added. Daily News & Analysis
Here are the prophetic calculations of this manuscript, with lacunae inserted within square brackets.
This reasoning in the Minister's speech, if it is legitimate to refer to it at all, does not show that the new section filled a lacuna in the previous statute.
Also like Mailer, his text is such a distillation of references and revelations that nearly every page has an asterisked lacuna; a story within a story which is frequently a gem.
Avelacuna died as the final syllable was uttered, and no explanation could be gotten from her, for elves did not practice the dark art of necromancy, the act of returning the soul to the body, if only for a little time.
In the present study, we showed that lymphoma cells latently infected with EBV were abundant in all cases of African endemic BL, and their distribution was not associated with that of the lacunae.
Within coralla, directional orientations of the major axes of lacunae appear to be random.
In subgroup analysis, a possible beneficial effect was detected in patients with ischemic lacunar strokes.
Is this because these spiritual guides of our race are too poor or too over-worked to serve his purpose, or do we perhaps, -- in this regrettable "lacuna" -- stumble upon one of the little smiling prejudices of our great conformist? Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations
If the lacuna is to be filled, Parliament must do it, not the Courts.
This platform is now submerged and gradually being covered by recent lacunar sediments. Magdalena-Santa Marta mangroves
In order for some course of action to count as one of my alternatives, it must be a course of action that I would regard as possible even if all such mistakes had been corrected, and all the relevant lacunae in my knowledge filled.
The lacunae in historical records are not all ancient, either. Times, Sunday Times
The new book by Don Coerver and Linda Hall, Tangled Destinies: Latin America and the United States will go a long way to fill this lacunae.
Go, daughter, to the house of Aristaeus, [*] [* Another large lacuna follows.] The Bacchantes
I would like to emphasize one of the newer features of the pathologic anatomy of glaucoma, one which has received too little attention in this country: the _lacunar_ or _cavernous atrophy_ of the _optic nerve_. Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913
Marg's new book is an attempt to fill the lacuna, and comes 25 years after an earlier study titled Homage to Jaipur.
Moreover, they have produced a body of poetry that is significantly midrashic, exploring the lacunae in biblical texts and developing poems that give voice to women like Sarah, Hagar, Dinah, and Lilith.
Marx's vision is insistently comprehensive, relating all matters by implication to its political agenda; yet his remarks on aesthetic matters are few and inexplicit, leaving a kind of lacuna in his system.
The inner vault is divided into 7 lines of 32 quadrangular lacunars; each lacunar has a golden rosette in the middle.
Just 42 patients in the recombinant tissue plasminogen activator trials were over 80, and only a few had lacunar strokes.
The notion that the root cortex of flowering plants that grow in aquatic or wetland environments under hypoxic conditions is comprised primarily of enlarged air spaces, or lacunae, has been considered for at least 150 years.
Without the ‘woman’, there will be a crippling lacuna, since it is her nurturing instinct that anchors the family making her a nucleus around which every member rallies.
Elastic fibers are often concentrated in the walls of lacunae, which house cartilage cells.
The word originated in Latin as lacuna, then later appears in Venice as laguna, transforms to lagune in French, then appears, anglicized as lagoon for the first time in 1769 to refer to the lake-like stretch of water enclosed in a South Seas atoll. The Mother of All Lagoons
In the middle of the lacunars, among the light and shade effects, are set gouache paintings, a work by Giuseppe, the son of Giovanni Bernardi.
Although evasion from the water surface arises from dissolved gaseous mercury in the water column, incubation studies on sediment and lacunal gas data both suggested that the source of Hg flux from vegetation was in the sediment.
It extends lateralward from the base of the lacunar ligament (Fig. 394) along the pectineal line, to which it is attached. IV. Myology. 6d. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Abdomen
From the preserved lines of the inscription in column III the length of the line can be established; the size of the lacunas are accordingly indicated in the text.
In case 2, urography showed a lacuna of the renal pelvis, and CT scan showed an irregular thickening of the renal pelvis.
Sauppe, etc., khre de ton ippon me kata toiade, k.t.l., transl. “the horse must not be irritated in such operations as these,” etc.; but toiade = “as follows,” if correct, suggests a lacuna in either case at this point. On Horsemanship
The cartilaginous cap contained hyaline cartilage that retained its lacunar pattern.
The very premise of the novel relies on this sense of a missing cause, giving the story a lacunal effect.
Let us call this the structural lacuna of the intentional scenario.
Interestingly, the positive cells and associated debris were mainly located within lacunae, indicating that most lytically infected cells were phagocytosed by the infiltrated macrophages.
All these characteristics, however, can already be discerned in the religion of Ancient Egypt, where elaborate anthropomorphic and theriomorphic representations and extensive mythological narratives exist alongside fetish objects and large lacunae in mythology.
It is precisely in this area that the present study has attempted to fill an important lacuna in the research literature on abstinence-based pregnancy prevention programs.
Careful consideration of the clinical history, as well as the presence of lacunar Reed-Sternberg cells in nodules surrounded by dense collagenous fibrosis, should suggest the diagnosis.
Fill the lacunae in your inspiration by tidily copying out what you have already written.
Usually she found herself alone in a kind of lacuna, with people moving aside to pass her by at a safe distance. The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection
It is to be hoped that any subsequent revision will address these lacunae.
One of these lacunæ, larger than the rest, is situated on the upper surface of the fossa navicularis; it is called the lacuna magna. XI. Splanchnology. 3b. 4. The Male Urethra
He focused on the largest indent and breathed but the holes in the moon reminded him not of a face but of lacunae, the holes in his body left behind by marauding white blood cells that multiplied and multiplied until they conquered the red cells and built their own fortresses, lemon-sized lumps circling his kidney. Mountain Pose
He's foppish, priapic and urbane, making the word 'lacuna' sound like a decadent holiday destination. Evening Standard - Home
Yet, given this "lacuna," this amazing "gap" in his work, a deprivation much more serious than his want of "philosophy, Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions
Lance Hill's book is the first full account of the group and fills a major lacuna in the history of the era and the movement.
This lacuna is conspicuous when compared to the extensive comparative literature on similar welfare institutions in the advanced industrialized economies of Western Europe and North America. Archive 2006-06-01
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.
The cranial dura mater consists of white fibrous tissue and elastic fibers arranged in flattened laminæ which are imperfectly separated by lacunar spaces and bloodvessels into two layers, endosteal and meningeal. IX. Neurology. 4g. The Meninges of the Brain and Medulla Spinalis
In her attempts to reconstruct her past Searle was confronted by the lacunae in the archives, which are mute on the histories of the disempowered: the stories of slaves and women who forego their names, are mostly absent.
Because of this lacuna, Frickenhaus posited that the text originally described the figure as being by Lysippos.
As often bedevils the translator's task there appears to be at least one lacuna in the extant text, but it was relatively painless to decipher.
The finance ministry has set up a monitoring mechanism to make chartered accountants acting as auditors accountable for any lacunae in the tax audit reports submitted by an assessee.
The following structures require further description, viz., the subcutaneous inguinal ring, the intercrural fibers and fascia, and the inguinal, lacunar, and reflected inguinal ligaments. IV. Myology. 6d. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Abdomen
But Spain, and the lacunae and skips and hops in the story have me all confused. Random Bullets « Tales from the Reading Room
Because of the draggle of the administer conceptions , the lacuna of legislation and the defects of the remedy mechanism, the clash between the administration and educated rights is increasing.
In fact, the book's lacunae are in some cases not inconsiderable.
Therefore, it is not possible to estimate by extrapolation the O 2 concentration in the water resulting in anoxia in the lacunae.
Phellem appears similar to the primary aerenchyma seen in aquatic roots of species of Ludwigia L.; however, similar lacunate tissue in extant Decodon verticillatus (L.) Ell. is secondary and this study shows this tissue to be homologous to that seen in the fossil Decodon J.F. Gmel.
Thorne's work fills an obvious lacuna in British social history.
This volume, with contributions by some of the leading scholars in the field, seeks to fill in the lacunae in both areas.
New information has filled in lacunae and corrected some dates. The Times Literary Supplement
Our increased awareness of the scarcity value of environmental resources makes this lacuna especially troubling.
Delhi: Four years after the RTI Act came into force, lack of mandatory monitoring mechanism for its implementation remains an important "lacunae" while government agencies are shying from disclosure of WN.com - Articles related to Ansari for better safety in mines
In addition to the deterioration of the landscape, the decline in the mangrove forest has created effects throughout the lacunar system such as the loss of habitats for a large number of species of fish, birds, and bentonic organisms. Magdalena-Santa Marta mangroves
Interestingly, the positive cells and associated debris were mainly located within lacunae, indicating that most lytically infected cells were phagocytosed by the infiltrated macrophages.
This shift makes some of the lacunae in the original text more marked. The Times Literary Supplement
Despite this concern, the duo remain extremely adept at creating lacunae at the heart of their music, spaces into which you can project your own feelings and memories.
Rather, this gap must be seen as a serious lacuna in the surviving texts, a gulf that will critically limit our analysis.
With many European metal bands not choosing to incorporate folkish melodies, there existed a lacuna waiting to be filled.
But we say that there are lacunal holes in the department's knowledge on the readiness of the programme and what's capable," he stated. Epolitix News
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.
Andrew Bacevich, the Boston University international affairs professor, called the lacunae between resources and strategy in Afghanistan “comparable” to the Vietnam strategy denounced by “a young John Kerry.” Think Again | ATTACKERMAN
Of the patients with AD, 15.5% also had cerebral microinfarcts, 19.4% had lacunar infarcts, and 19.4% had hippocampal sclerosis.
Gossett also addresses lacunas in the manuscript, suggesting that they may have involved some form of censorship (perhaps self-censorship).
In some areas, the stromal cells appeared to reside within lacunae embedded in a hyalinized matrix, focally producing a remarkable similarity to chondroblastoma.
With many European metal bands not choosing to incorporate folkish melodies, there existed a lacuna waiting to be filled.
Unfortunately, the only evidence that the inscription provides for identifying the father of Flavia Menandra is his gentilicium and a lacuna of nine or ten letters for his cognomen.
There are many lacunae in the existing laws of the land, he said.
Lacuna came to a stop behind her, and pulled her gently into an embrace that for once was nothing but tender.
The interesting thing with pattern, to take the metaphor of the weaving one step further, is that given an overview of a pattern we can fill in the lacunae, and at times we only need a fragment to apprehend the whole.
After a bit, though, you start noticing the lacunae. Times, Sunday Times
Collenchyma of this type is called lacunate collenchyma.
On the facing pages of chapter 1 is an exact transcription of the codex, haplographies, dittographies, misspellings, lacunae, and all.
The way those deaths occurred, any reaction is possible including lacunar amnesia. And The Children Shall Lead
The lacunate gleba appears in section to be formed of large to small shallow holes or chambers, which are more or less identical in shape, and are typically only rarely exposed.
However, this important work need not be justified on the basis of its filling a lacuna in past literature.
IC can form lacunas with diameters of up to several micrometers containing nuclear bodies such as speckle, Cajal and PML bodies PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
Almost all lacunae included macrophages and degenerated cells with shrunken or condensed nuclei.
If AGW is so damned riddled with unacceptable holes instead of truly difficult lacunae, maybe at least a few planetary climate scientists by now ought to have offered a better and more consistent alternative. Matthew Yglesias » Today in Pessimism
Mao Zedong, in his doctrine about "popularization and promotion" in Talks at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art, dissertated succinctly the lacunae of the theory on expectation eyeshot.
Experimental determination of the permeability in the lacunar-canalicular porosity of bone. SpaceRef Top Stories
The ties of a patchy, lacunal and tragic memory begin to interweave the Italy of the ‘years of lead’ and that of Berlusconi.
These tracheoles may be termed the larval or provisional tracheoles, and they extend in bundles into the developing lacunae.
Nevertheless, whatever the terminology employed, the fact remains that gaps or lacunae have been filled by resort to those principles.
I had hoped to demonstrate it by injection of the lacunal system, but the attempts were unsuccessful.
Wolf-Wendel and her colleagues fill an important lacuna in the literature, examining dual-career policies from the perspective of institutions and policy makers rather than the individuals who utilize them.
In this provocative study, Newhauser fills a lacuna in historical scholarship even as he provides insight for the nonhistorian.
Less a bizarre lacuna and more an actual way that words work – they enframe the world in different ways, or to use another metaphor, they light the world in differing ways that evoke different dispositions toward the world. Matthew Yglesias » What Do Americans “Really” Want
Nobody seemed to mind reportorial lacunae then; we don't mind it now. Globe and Mail
This is a fine, lively account, but there are lacunae. Times, Sunday Times
Nonverbal cues and skewed messages all coalesce to produce what Johnson called lacunae in the superegos of the delinquent children, who appeared normal, appropriate, and law-abiding in specific areas of day-to-day living. Clinical Work with Adolescents
Can we fill in the lacuna which the pessimist finds in the optimist's account of the concept of moral responsibility?
The portion which is reflected from the inguinal ligament at the pubic tubercle is attached to the pectineal line and is called the lacunar ligament. IV. Myology. 6d. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Abdomen
Results of isotopic measurements of below - ground, lacunal and emitted methane indicate that methane is transported from rice predominantly via molecular diffusion with a small component due to transpiration induced bulk flow.
They may be elongated, swollen in the middle and tapering towards the blade or they may form a bulbous float containing air-filled lacunate tissue.
Haversian system: this is another way to describe an osteon 21. intercalated disc: an irregular transverse thickening of the cardiac muscle cell membrane containing both desmosomes and gap junctions 22. lacuna: a small, hollow space in cartilage or bone tissue in which living cells are found 23. leukocyte: a white blood cell 24. mesothelium: the layer of simple squamous epithelium that lines the serous membranes of the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities and covers the organs within them 25. microvilli: the microscopic, fingerlike projections of a cell's plasma membrane that increase the surface area available for absorption 26. muscle fiber: an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body 27. neuroglia: a cell of the nervous system that protects and supports neurons Recently Uploaded Slideshows
He is also good on identifications, although there are some small lacunae. The Times Literary Supplement
He has suggested that the time may now be ripe for the passage of a Council regulation to cope with the existing lacunae of Community law on state aids.
Now that a lunette's sinopia with faint sheep has come to light, the argument becomes stronger for the relief filling the chapel's remaining iconographical lacuna.
In fact, there is an important connection between this lacuna in Laudan's famous discussion and the further uses made of the thesis of underdetermination by sociologists of scientific knowledge, feminist epistemologists, and other vocal champions of holist underdetermination. Underdetermination of Scientific Theory
One must be conscious that the culture of catastrophic memorialisation is sinewed with manipulations, lacunae and corruptions of historical reality.
Patients with diabetes are probably more prone to irreversible rather than reversible ischaemic brain damage, and small lacunar infarcts are common.
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.

How To Use Lacuna In A Sentence

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