lancet

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English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  • (sharp surgical instrument): fleam

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

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

  1. To pierce with a lancet.

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “lancet”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ Edward H Knight (1877) “Lancet”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. , volumes II (GAS–REA), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton , →OCLC.

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

lancet

  1. Alternative form of launcet

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from French lancette.

Pronunciation

Noun

lancet m inan

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

Declension

Declension of lancet
singular plural
nominative lancet lancety
genitive lancetu lancetów
dative lancetowi lancetom
accusative lancet lancety
instrumental lancetem lancetami
locative lancecie lancetach
vocative lancecie lancety

Further reading

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