lancet
/ˈlænsɪt/
noun
- A small, sharp surgical knife used to make small cuts, especially to draw blood or open a boil.
- The nurse carefully disposed of the used lancet in the sharps container.
- The doctor used a lancet to prick the patient's finger for a blood test.
- In the first aid kit, there was a sterile lancet for emergency use.
- A narrow, pointed arch or window, typical of Gothic architecture.
- The old cathedral had beautiful lancet windows that let in colorful light.
- The architect designed the church with tall lancet arches above the entrance.
- We admired the row of narrow lancet openings along the side of the building.