"lancet" meaning in English

See lancet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lɑːn.sɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /læn.sɪt/ [Canada, Northern-England, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lancet.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lancets [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English launcet, from Old French lancete, a diminutive of lance. By surface analysis, lance + -et. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|launcet}} Middle English launcet, {{der|en|fro|lancete}} Old French lancete, {{m|fro|lance}} lance, {{surf|en|lance|-et}} By surface analysis, lance + -et Head templates: {{en-noun}} lancet (plural lancets)
  1. A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc. Categories (topical): Surgery, Tools Hyponyms (sharp surgical instrument): fleam Derived forms (ichthyological): lancetfish Translations (surgical instrument): bisturi (Albanian), مِفْصَد (mifṣad) [masculine] (Arabic), فَاصِد (fāṣid) [masculine] (Arabic), նշտար (nštar) (Armenian), ланцет (lancet) [masculine] (Bulgarian), llanceta (Catalan), skalpel [masculine] (Czech), lancet (Dutch), lanceto (Esperanto), æðrajarn [neuter] (Faroese), lansetti (Finnish), lancette [feminine] (French), lanceta [feminine] (Galician), Lanzette [feminine] (German), αμφίστομο νυστέρι (amfístomo nystéri) [neuter] (Greek), νυστέρι (nystéri) [neuter] (Greek), lanceto (Ido), lanset (Indonesian), lancetta [feminine] (Italian), メス (mesu) (Japanese), قان آلچی (kan alçı) (Kipchak), launcet (Middle English), tsah (Navajo), ǣderseax [neuter] (Old English), نیشتر (nişter, neşter) (Ottoman Turkish), مفصد (mifsad) (Ottoman Turkish), نشتر (neštar) (Persian), نیشتر (ništar) (Persian), lancet [masculine] (Polish), skalpel [masculine] (Polish), lanceta [feminine] (Portuguese), ланце́т (lancét) [masculine] (Russian), lanceta [feminine] (Spanish), lansett (Swedish), neşter (Turkish), ланцет (lancet) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-lancet-en-noun-Nojk3J~k Disambiguation of Surgery: 63 37 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Tools: 32 34 14 8 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -et Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 12 14 21 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 19 22 16 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -et: 34 19 18 20 10 Disambiguation of 'sharp surgical instrument': 79 7 9 5 Disambiguation of 'ichthyological': 53 14 11 22 Disambiguation of 'surgical instrument': 81 7 9 2
  2. A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer. Categories (topical): Tools
    Sense id: en-lancet-en-noun-6ij0lPkM Disambiguation of Tools: 32 34 14 8 12
  3. (metallurgy) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace. Categories (topical): Metallurgy, Tools
    Sense id: en-lancet-en-noun-9Z~q0SIu Disambiguation of Tools: 32 34 14 8 12 Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  4. (architecture) A high narrow window, terminating in an arch acutely pointed, often double or triple, common in the first half of the 13th century. Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-lancet-en-noun-lsKcMt1i Topics: architecture
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: launcet [obsolete] Derived forms: lancet arch

Verb

IPA: /lɑːn.sɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /læn.sɪt/ [Canada, Northern-England, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lancet.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lancets [present, singular, third-person], lanceting [participle, present], lanceted [participle, past], lanceted [past]
Etymology: From Middle English launcet, from Old French lancete, a diminutive of lance. By surface analysis, lance + -et. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|launcet}} Middle English launcet, {{der|en|fro|lancete}} Old French lancete, {{m|fro|lance}} lance, {{surf|en|lance|-et}} By surface analysis, lance + -et Head templates: {{en-verb}} lancet (third-person singular simple present lancets, present participle lanceting, simple past and past participle lanceted)
  1. To pierce with a lancet. Categories (topical): Tools
    Sense id: en-lancet-en-verb-PUMm3ILu Disambiguation of Tools: 32 34 14 8 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: launcet [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "surgical instrument",
      "word": "bisturi"
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      "sense": "surgical instrument",
      "word": "lansetti"
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      "code": "id",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "surgical instrument",
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      "word": "launcet"
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      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "surgical instrument",
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      "code": "ang",
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      "sense": "surgical instrument",
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      "sense": "surgical instrument",
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