lancet
verbEtymology From Middle English launcet, from Old French lancete, a diminutive of lance. By surface analysis, lance + -et.
1
To pierce with a lancet.
lancet
nounUK /ˈlɑːn.sɪt/ · CA, US /ˈlæn.sɪt/
Etymology From Middle English launcet, from Old French lancete, a diminutive of lance. By surface analysis, lance + -et.
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.2017, Hernan Diaz, In the Distance, Daunt Books (2018), page 248:
2
A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer.
3
Engineering, Metallurgy, Natural sciences, Physical sciences 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.
- 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.2014, Richard Powers, Orfeo, W. W. Norton & Company, page 234:
- Derived terms
- lancetfish, lancet arch, microlancet
- Hyponyms
- fleam