lancet

English

Alternative forms

• launcet (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French lancete diminutive of lance.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /lɑːn.sɪt/ X-SAMPA: /lA:n.sIt/
• (US, Canada, Northern England) IPA: /læn.sɪt/ X-SAMPA: /l{n.sIt/

Noun

lancet (plural lancets)

1. A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venisection and for opening abscesses etc.

Hyponyms

• (sharp surgical instrument): ‎fleam‎

Derived terms

• lancet arch
• (ichthyological): lancetfish

Translations

surgical instrument

• Albanian: bisturi (sq)
• Armenian: նշտար (hy) (nštar)
• Bulgarian: ланцет (bg) (lancet) m
• Catalan: llanceta (ca)
• Dutch: lancet (nl)
• Esperanto: lanceto (eo)
• Finnish: lansetti (fi)
• French: lancette (fr) f
• German: Lanzette (de) f
• Greek: αμφίστομο νυστέρι (el) (amfístomo nystéri) n, νυστέρι (el) (nystéri) n

• Ido: lanceto (io)
• Italian: lancetta (it) f
• Navajo: tsah
• Polish: lancet (pl) m
• Russian: ланцет (ru) (lancét) m
• Spanish: lanceta (es) f
• Swedish: lansett (sv)
• Turkish: neşter (tr)
• Ukrainian: ланцет (uk) (lancet) m

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Translations to be checked

• Hebrew: אזמל (he)

References

• Webster's International Dictionary 1902.

External links

• Lancet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• cantle