Usually means: Sharp instrument for making incisions.
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We found 45 dictionaries that define the word lancet:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. lancet: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lancet: Merriam-Webster
  3. lancet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lancet: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lancet: Collins English Dictionary
  6. lancet: Vocabulary.com
  7. Lancet, lancet: Wordnik
  8. lancet: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. lancet: Wiktionary
  10. lancet: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. lancet: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. lancet: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. lancet: Dictionary.com
  14. lancet: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Lancet (disambiguation), Lancet (journal), Lancet (surgery), Lancet, The Lancet, The lancet: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Lancet: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. lancet: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. lancet: Rhymezone
  19. Lancet: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. lancet: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. lancet: FreeDictionary.org
  22. lancet: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. lancet: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. LANCET: The Britannia Lexicon (Middle Ages Glossary)
  2. lancet: Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lancet (architecture), Lancet (window), lancet: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. lancet: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Lancet, The Lancet: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Lancet: Diabetes Dictionary
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Diabetes Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. lancet: Medical dictionary
  8. Lancet, The Lancet: Drug Medical Dictionary
  9. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lancet: Castle Terms
  2. LANCET: Acronym Finder

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lancet: Smith's Bible Dictionary
  2. LANCET: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. lancet: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. lancet: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lancet: Glossary of Medieval Architecture

(Note: See lancets as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.
noun:  A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer.
noun:  (metallurgy) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
noun:  (architecture) A high narrow window, terminating in an arch acutely pointed, often double or triple, common in the first half of the 13th century.
verb:  To pierce with a lancet.
noun:  A surname.

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