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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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