Examples of “lancets” in a Sentence

noun Small, very sharp single-use blades or needles used to prick the skin, most often on a fingertip, to draw a drop of blood for testing.

• Diabetics get through boxes of lancets testing their blood sugar.
• Change the lancet for every test to keep it sterile and less painful.

noun Small pointed surgical knives with two cutting edges, used for making incisions such as draining an abscess.

• The museum case held a set of Victorian lancets used for bloodletting.

noun In architecture, tall narrow windows or arches ending in a sharp point, characteristic of early Gothic buildings.

• Three lancets light the east end of the chapel.