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lancet

The correct spelling is lancet.

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noun

IPA: /læn.sɪt/

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The correct spelling is lancet. A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.
  2. 2.A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer.
  3. 3.An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
  4. 4.A high narrow window, terminating in an arch acutely pointed, often double or triple, common in the first half of the 13th century.

verb

  1. 1.To pierce with a lancet.

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