Lancet

['lɑːnsɪt] or ['lænsɪt]

Definition

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

Typist: Patricia--From WordNet

Definition

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

(n.) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.

Edited by Georgina

Definition

n. a surgical instrument used for opening veins abscesses &c.: a high and narrow window terminating in an arch acutely pointed often double or triple common in the first half of the 13th century.

Edited by Lester