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lacuna (s), lacunae (pl)
1. A small pit, cavity, defect, or gap.
2. A gap or place where something is missing; such as, in a manuscript or a line of argument.
3. A cavity, space, or depression; especially, in a bone, containing cartilage or bone cells.
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cartilage lacuna, cartilage space
A cavity within the matrix of cartilage, occupied by a chondrocyte.
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