lancet

Etymology
From, from , a diminutive of. .

Noun

 * 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)  An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
 * 4)  A high narrow window, terminating in an arch acutely pointed, often double or triple, common in the first half of the 13th century.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: مِفْصَد, فَاصِد
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ланцет
 * Catalan: llanceta
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: lanceto
 * Faroese: æðrajarn
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: lanceta
 * German:
 * Greek: αμφίστομο νυστέρι,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kipchak: قان آلچی
 * Middle English: launcet
 * Navajo: tsah
 * Old English: ǣderseax
 * Ottoman Turkish: نیشتر, مفصد
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ланцет

Verb

 * 1) To pierce with a lancet.

Etymology
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