lancet

English

Alternative forms

• launcet (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French lancete, a diminutive of lance .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑːn.sɪt/
• IPA^(key): /læn.sɪt/

Noun

lancet (plural lancets)

1. A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.
2. (metallurgy) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.

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3. (architecture) A high narrow window, terminating in an arch acutely pointed, often double or triple, common in the first half of the 13th century.

Hyponyms

• (sharp surgical instrument): fleam

Derived terms

• lancet arch
• (ichthyological): lancetfish

Translations

surgical instrument

• Albanian: bisturi (sq)
• Arabic: مِفْصَد m (mifṣad), فَاصِد m (fāṣid)
• Armenian: նշտար (hy) (nštar)
• Bulgarian: ланцет m (lancet)
• Catalan: llanceta
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: lancet (nl)
• Esperanto: lanceto
• Faroese: æðrajarn n
• Finnish: lansetti (fi)
• French: lancette (fr) f
• German: Lanzette f
• Greek: αμφίστομο νυστέρι n (amfístomo nystéri), νυστέρι (el) n (nystéri)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: lanceto (io)
• Italian: lancetta (it) f
• Japanese: メス (ja) (mesu)
• Kipchak: قان آلچی (kan alçı)
• Navajo: tsah
• Polish: lancet (pl) m
• Portuguese: lanceta (pt) f
• Russian: ланце́т (ru) m (lancét)
• Spanish: lanceta (es) f
• Swedish: lansett (sv)
• Turkish: neşter (tr)
• Ukrainian: ланцет m (lancet)

Verb

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

1. To pierce with a lancet.

Anagrams

• cantel, cantle, cental