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Definition of Lancet

1. Noun. An acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance.

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

Definition of Lancet

1. n. A surgical instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc.

Definition of Lancet

1. Noun. A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venisection and for opening abscesses etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lancet

1. a narrow, pointed arch [n -S] : LANCETED [adj]

Medical Definition of Lancet

1. 1. A surgical instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc. 2. An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace. Lancet arch A large, voracious, deep-sea fish (Alepidosaurus ferox), having long, sharp, lancetlike teeth. The doctor, or surgeon fish. Origin: F. Lancette, dim. Of lance lance. See Lance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lancet

lanceless lancelet lancelets lancelike lancely lanceolar lanceolate lanceolate leaf lanceolate spleenwort lanceolated

lancepesade lancepesades lancer lancers lances lancet (current term) lancet arch lancet fish lancet window lanceted

lancetfish lancetfishes lanceth lancets lancewood lancewood tree lancewoods lanch lanched lanches

Literary usage of Lancet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Time to Heal: The Diffusion of Listerism in Victorian Britain by Jerry L. Gaw (1999)
"The lancet (15 January 1870): 91. —. "Professor Tyndall as a Pathologist. ... The lancet (5 November 1870): 643-44. —. "A Mirror of the Practice of Medicine ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"In 1836 the ' lancet,' which was at first published from Bolt Court by ... In 1847 Wakley again became his own publisher, and removed the ' lancet ' to its ..."

3. Circular by J. M. St. John (1867)
"London lancet. Vol. I, 1850, p. 411. 8 At Plymouth, for disease of the femur. ... London lancet, 1824. 18 On a girl of nineteen, with osteosarcoma ..."

4. Journal of the American Medical Association by American Medical Association (1890)
"lancet. COURT RECEPTION AT BERLIN. By command of the Emperor, a Reception and Garden Concert was given at Potsdam, at which Prince Leopold, of Prussia, ..."

5. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1903)
"lancet, London,, 1902, (683). The hereditary sequelae of alcoholism. ... lancet, London, 163, 1908, (619). The relation of epilepsy to crime. ..."

6. Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting by American Ophthalmological Society (1890)
"(Cincinnati lancet and Observer.) A Paper read before the Cincinnati Academy ... (Cincinnati lancet and Observer.) Tumor of the Brain with Optic Neuritis. ..."

7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"THE celebration of Lord Kelvin's jubilee as professor of natural philosophy in the University has been followed, says the lancet, by the recognition of his ..."

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