Lancing

name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is lanced.

    "Bernardo's physicians treated their lawyer-patient in the ordinary ignorant ways, with debilitating bleedings, plus helpful lancings of the abscessed boils."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of lance form-of, gerund, participle, present
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A large village in Adur district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1804).

Synonyms

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boreboringpenetrationperforationpiercingpuncture

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"Bernardo's physicians treated their lawyer-patient in the ordinary ignorant ways, with debilitating bleedings, plus helpful lancings of the abscessed boils."

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