1. small, sharp, two-edged surgical knives used for making incisions
Usage: medical
2. pointed arch windows or openings, typically narrow and tall
Usage: architecture

Examples

• The surgeon carefully sterilized the lancets before the procedure.
• Medieval doctors used lancets for bloodletting treatments.
• The Gothic cathedral featured beautiful lancets along its nave.
• Lancets were common in 13th-century church architecture.
• The nurse disposed of the used lancets in a sharps container.
• Tall lancets allowed natural light to filter into the chapel.
• The medical kit contained several sterile lancets for emergency use.