lancet

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English launcet, from Old French lancete, a diminutive of lance.[1] By surface analysis, lance +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lancet (plural lancets)

  1. A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.
    • 2017, Hernan Diaz, In the Distance, Daunt Books (2018), page 248:
      With a lancet, Håkan drained the slow blue blood from his leg, always fearing to find pus.
  2. A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer.
  3. (metallurgy) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.[2]
  4. (architecture) A high narrow window, terminating in an arch acutely pointed, often double or triple, common in the first half of the 13th century.
    • 2014, Richard Powers, Orfeo, W. W. Norton & Company, page 234:
      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.

Hyponyms

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  • (sharp surgical instrument): fleam

Derived terms

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Translations

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Verb

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

  1. To pierce with a lancet.

References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “lancet”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Lancet”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. [], volumes II (GAS–REA), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton [], →OCLC.

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Noun

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lancet

  1. Alternative form of launcet

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French lancette.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lancet m inan

  1. lancet (sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument)
  2. lancet (small, sterile, single-use needle)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • lancet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lancet in Polish dictionaries at PWN