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Webster 1913 Edition
Lancet
1.
A surgical knife-like instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc.
2.
(Metal.)
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.
2.
The doctor, or surgeon fish.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lancet
L'ANCET
,Noun.
1.
A surgical instrument, sharp-pointed and two-edged; used in venesection, and in opening tumors, abscesses, &c.2.
A pointed window.Definition 2024
lancet
lancet
English
Alternative forms
- launcet (obsolete)
Noun
lancet (plural lancets)
- A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.
- (metallurgy) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
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Hyponyms
- (sharp surgical instrument): fleam
Derived terms
- lancet arch
- (ichthyological): lancetfish
Translations
surgical instrument
Verb
lancet (third-person singular simple present lancets, present participle lanceting, simple past and past participle lanceted)
- To pierce with a lancet.
References
- Webster's International Dictionary 1902.