lacunome

noun

lac·​u·​nome

ˈlakyəˌnōm

plural -s

: a system of lacunar spaces sometimes demonstrable in some animal cells and suggested to be comparable to the vacuolar apparatus of the typical plant cell

Word History

Etymology

Italian lacunoma, from New Latin lacuna + -oma

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