LANCET

/læn.sɪt/
8
Scrabble
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WWF
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Definition

/læn.sɪt/
noun
  1. A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.
  2. A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer.
  3. An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
  4. A high narrow window, terminating in an arch acutely pointed, often double or triple, common in the first half of the 13th century.
verb
  1. To pierce with a lancet.

Source: Wiktionary

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