Synonyms for lancet
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lan-sit, lahn- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæn sɪt, ˈlɑn- |
Top 10 synonyms for lancet Other synonyms for the word lancet
- bay
- bay window
- bill
- bolo
- bow
- casement
- cutlass
- cutting edge
- dormer
- edge
- fanlight
- fenestella
- fenestra
- fenestration
- gar
- halberd
- jalousie
- javelin
- lance
- lancet
- lucarne
- lunette
- lunette window
- mullioned
- oriel
- partisan
- partizan
- picture window
- pike
- point
- porthole
- ripper
- rose window
- sabre
- scimitar
- scythe
- shank
- shiv
- skiver
- skylight
- steel
- stiletto
- switchblade
- tickler
- weapon
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
- 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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