LANCET

lancet, lance

(noun) a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

lancet (plural lancets)

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

A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer.

(metallurgy) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.

(architecture) A high narrow window, terminating in an arch acutely pointed, often double or triple, common in the first half of the 13th century.

Hyponyms

• (sharp surgical instrument): fleam

Verb

lancet (third-person singular simple present lancets, present participle lanceting, simple past and past participle lanceted)

To pierce with a lancet.

Anagrams

• cantel, cantle, cental

Proper noun

Lancet (plural Lancets)

A surname.

Anagrams

• cantel, cantle, cental

Source: Wiktionary

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Lan"cet, n. Etym: [F. lancette, dim. of lance lance. See Lance.]

1. A surgical instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc.

2. (Metal.)

Definition: An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace. Knight. Lancet arch (Arch.), a pointed arch, of which the width, or span, is narrow compared with the height.

– Lancet architecture, a name given to a style of architecture, in which lancet arches are common; -- peculiar to England and 13th century.

– Lancet fish. (Zoöl.) (a) A large, voracious, deep-sea fish (Alepidosaurus ferox), having long, sharp, lancetlike teeth. (b) The doctor, or surgeon fish.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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