Meaning

A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc..

Definitions by Sense

1. A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.
2. A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer.
3. (metallurgy) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
4. (architecture) A high narrow window, terminating in an acutely pointed arch, common in Gothic architecture.
5. To pierce with a lancet.

Example Sentences

With a lancet, Håkan drained the slow blue blood from his leg, always fearing to find pus.

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.

Word Forms

• lancets
• launcet
• lanceting
• lanceted

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Use lancet when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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