lancet
/ˈlæn.sɪt/ noun C2- A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.
- A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer.
- An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
- A high narrow window, terminating in an acutely pointed arch, common in Gothic architecture.
Plural lancets
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Had it been The Lancet or The British Medical Journal it would have helped me.
Author of ‘Some Freaks of Atavism’ (Lancet 1882).
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