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lancet

UK /ˈlɑːn.sɪt/US /ˈlæn.sɪt/

noun 4
verb 1
forms 3

noun4

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A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.
- With a lancet, Håkan drained the slow blue blood from his leg, always fearing to find pus. — 2017
A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer.
•
A high narrow window, terminating in an acutely pointed arch, common in Gothic architecture.
- He looked away, into the cavernous space emptying of people. Up in the galleries and behind the choir, the wide window lancets were sheets of black. — 2014
An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.

verb1

To pierce with a lancet.

forms

lanceted · lanceting · lancets

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