Definitions

1. noun

A surgical instrument with a sharp, pointed blade or edge, used for cutting or separating tissue, especially in surgical operations.

“The doctor used a lancet to make a small incision in the patient’s skin for the blood test.”

2. verb

To make a small incision in something using a lancet.

“The barber lanced the small boil on his client’s neck with a sterile lancet.”

3. noun

A sharp, pointed instrument, especially one used to pierce or cut something.

“The geologist used a lancet to pry the rock sample out of the cliff face.”