Lacunar infarcts, small deep infarcts that result from occlusion of a penetrating artery, account for about a quarter of all ischaemic strokes.These infarcts have commonly been regarded as benign vascular lesions with a favourable long-term prognosis.orrving B(1). Author information: Lacunar infarcts, small deep infarcts that result from occlusion of a penetrating artery, account for about a quarter of all ischaemic strokes. These infarcts have commonly been regarded as benign vascular lesions with a favourable long-term prognosis.
whole | definition: including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete | synonyms: entire, full, intact, complete, undivided, integral, unity, full-length, full-page, total, integrity, wholeness, livelong
A figure of speech in which a part signifies the whole (fifty masts for fifty ships) or the whole signifies the part (days for life, as in He lived his days in Canada). Also when the name of the material stands for the thing itself (pigskin for football)