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lacuna
noun
[ ləˈkjuːnə ]
• an unfilled space; a gap.
• "the journal has filled a lacuna in Middle Eastern studies"
• a cavity or depression, especially in bone.
Origin:
mid 17th century: from Latin, ‘pool’, from lacus ‘lake’.
