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Lancet

//ˈlɑːn.sɪt// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions wordnet
  3. 3
    A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer.
  4. 4
    an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance wordnet
  5. 5
    An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
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  1. 6
    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."

Verb
  1. 1
    To pierce with a lancet.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English launcet, from Old French lancete, a diminutive of lance. By surface analysis, lance + -et.

Etymology 2

From Middle English launcet, from Old French lancete, a diminutive of lance. By surface analysis, lance + -et.

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