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Uncommonlancet
The correct spelling is lancet.
How to pronounce lancet
noun
IPA: /læn.sɪt/
Say it like: Lan-set
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.A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.
- 2.A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer.
- 3.An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
- 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.To pierce with a lancet.
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