lancet
IPA: ɫˈænsʌt
noun
- A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.
- A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer.
- (metallurgy) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
- (architecture) A high narrow window, terminating in an arch acutely pointed, often double or triple, common in the first half of the 13th century.
- A surname.
verb
- To pierce with a lancet.
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