lancetとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Old French lancete, a diminutive of lance ^[1].

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /lɑːn.sɪt/
• (米国発音, Canada, Northern England) IPA^(key): /læn.sɪt/

名詞

lancet (複数形 lancets)

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

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4. (architecture) A high narrow window, terminating in an arch acutely pointed, often double or triple, common in the first half of the 13th century.

下位語

• (sharp surgical instrument): fleam

派生語

• lancet arch
• (ichthyological): lancetfish

動詞

lancet (三人称単数 現在形 lancets, 現在分詞 lanceting, 過去形および過去分詞形 lanceted)

1. To pierce with a lancet.

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