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• launcet (obsolete)

語源

From 中期英語 launcet, from Old French lancete, a diminutive of lance. By surface analysis, lance +‎ -et.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈlɑːn.sɪt/
• (米国発音, Canada, Northern England) IPA: /ˈlæn.sɪt/

名詞

lancet (plural lancets)

1. A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.
   • 2017, Hernan Diaz, In the Distance, Daunt Books (2018), page 248:

     With a lancet, Håkan drained the slow blue blood from his leg, always fearing to find pus.

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.
4. (architecture) A high narrow window, terminating in an acutely pointed arch, common in Gothic architecture.
   • 2014, Richard Powers, Orfeo, W. W. Norton & Company, page 234:

     He looked away, into the cavernous space emptying of people. Up in the galleries and behind the choir, the wide window lancets were sheets of black.

下位語

• (sharp surgical instrument): fleam

派生語

動詞

lancet (third-person singular simple present lancets, present participle lanceting, simple past and past participle lanceted)

1. To pierce with a lancet.

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アナグラム

• cantel, cantle, cental