Synonyms for lancet

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lan-sit, lahn-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæn sɪt, ˈlɑn-

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Définition of lancet

Origin : late 14c., launcet, from Old French lancette "small lance" (12c.), diminutive of lance (see lance (n.)).

As in knife : noun cutting tool
As in spear : noun lance
As in window : noun framework with pane

Example sentences :

Lancet windows: high, narrow windows of the earliest Gothic architecture.
Extract from : « Tom Brown at Rugby » by Thomas Hughes

This same view was given in his Fifty-fifth Lecture, published in the "Lancet" in 1834.
Extract from : « On the Origin of Species » by Charles Darwin

But sickness and the lancet make one very tolerant of sermonizing.
Extract from : « St. Ronan's Well » by Sir Walter Scott

He took a lancet from his pocket and opened a vein in the arm.
Extract from : « A Girl of the Commune » by George Alfred Henty

The lancet simile was not original, but one that he had heard somewhere.
Extract from : « Virgin Soil » by Ivan S. Turgenev

"The lancet is a weapon which annually slays more than the sword," says Dr. Tully.
Extract from : « Medical Essays » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

The lancet was the magician's wand of the dark ages of medicine.
Extract from : « Medical Essays » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

When the gums are spongy, they should be frequently pricked with a lancet.
Extract from : « Zoonomia, Vol. II » by Erasmus Darwin

To stop the growth of this, the principal vessels should be cut through with a lancet.
Extract from : « Zoonomia, Vol. II » by Erasmus Darwin

Let's send for dear old Knott and get him to drive out the devil with his lancet?
Extract from : « The History of Sir Richard Calmady » by Lucas Malet

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