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LANCET (from Fr. lancette, dim. of lance, lance)

LANCET (from Fr. lancette, dim. of See also:
LANCE
lance, lance) , the name given to a surgical See also:

INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument, with a narrow two-edged blade and a See also:

LANCE

lance-shaped point, used for opening abscesses, &c . The See also:

TERM

term is applied, in See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, to a See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the pointed See also:

arch, and to a window of which the See also:

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LANCET (from Fr. lancette, dim. of lance, lance)

lancet-arch .

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