Definitions for Lancet
ˈlæn sɪt, ˈlɑn-lancet

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lancet arch, lancetnoun

   an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance

2. lancet, lancenoun

   a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lancetnoun

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

2. Etymology: From lancete diminutive of lance.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lancetnoun

   A small pointed chirurgical instrument.

   Etymology: lancette, French.

   I gave vent to it by an apertion with a lancet, and discharged white matter. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

   It differeth from a vein, which in an apparent blue runneth along the body, and if dexterously pricked with a lancet emitteth a red drop. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errors. b. iii.

   Hippocrates saith, blood-letting should be done with broad lancets or swords, in order to make a large orifice: the manner of opening a vein then was by stabbing or pertusion, as in horses. John Arbuthnot, on ancient Coins.

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1. lancet

   A lancet is a small, sharp instrument, often used in medicine for making small incisions or punctures in the skin to extract blood or other body fluids. They are commonly used by diabetics for blood glucose monitoring, or by health professionals for other medical testing.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lancetnoun

   a surgical instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc

2. Lancetnoun

   an iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace

3. Etymology: [F. lancette, dim. of lance lance. See Lance.]

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lancet

   indiscriminately applied to any piercing mouth structure.

Matched Categories

1. • Gothic Arch
   • Surgical Knife

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Anagrams for Lancet »

1. cantle

2. cental

3. tancel

How to pronounce Lancet?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Lancet in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Lancet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Lancet in a Sentence

1. Republican Sen. Tom Cotton:

   Epidemiologists who are widely respected from China who have published a study in the international journal The Lancet have demonstrated that several of the original cases did not have any contact with that food market, the virus went into that food market before it came out of that food market.

2. Kirill Dmitriev:

   The Lancet did very unbiased work despite some of the political pressures that may have been out there.

3. Nicholas Wade:

   Right from the beginning, public perception favored lab escape, that perception was very much shaped by a letter that appeared in The Lancet and derided lab escape as a conspiracy theory and said that lab escape was the way this virus had emerged and we should stand shoulder to shoulder with our Chinese colleagues on the forefront of fighting the disease.

4. Anthony Fauci:

   I don't recall The Lancet Journal study being retracted.I might have at the time heard that it was retracted, but it wasn't the only paper that was on hydroxychloroquine, my — I mean, I'm thinking back, then, my — my opinion of the effect of hydroxychloroquine was based on accumulating data from a number of studies. I don't recall specifically what those studies are now.

5. Nicholas Chamfort:

   An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the living.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Lancet
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lancet
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Lancet
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Lancet
6. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=Lancet
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Lancet