Lacuna Refer Ancient Text Noun Gap Hole Missing

Lacuna is often used to refer to a missing section of a book that has been censored or to a part of an ancient text that has gone missing. For example: “Although the ancient manuscript was recovered, the notably large lacuna at the beginning made the text confusing.”

In medicine, lacuna can refer to a small cavity in an anatomical structure, such as a bone.

Lacuna comes from the Latin lacuna, meaning “hole or pit.” Related words include lake and lagoon