lancets
Small surgical knives
Lancets are narrow, pointed surgical blades used to make small incisions, most commonly for drawing blood samples or pricking fingertips to test blood sugar levels.
The term also applies to tall, narrow windows with pointed arches, characteristic of Gothic architecture.
A lancet arch comes to a sharp point at its apex, distinguishing it from rounded arches.
Diabetics keep a supply of lancets for daily glucose monitoring.
Precise surgical knife
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
excise · surgical · sterile · biopsy · abscess · drainage · puncture · operating
Skin puncture for blood
- blood sampleExtracted bodily fluid for analysis
- glucometerBlood sugar measuring device
- diabetesMetabolic disorder affecting glucose
- phlebotomyExtracting blood medically
capillary · test strips · glycemic · insulin · sterile · antiseptic · sharps container · disposable
Arch with angled apex
- traceryDecorative branching stonework
- ogivePointed arch form
- windowGlass-fitted wall opening
- cathedralBishop's principal church
stained glass · flying buttress · vaulted ceilings · spires · rose window · pinnacles · medieval · apse
scalpel
Precise surgical knife
dissection · excise · surgical · sterile · biopsy · abscess · drainage · puncture · operating · instrument
fingerstick
Skin puncture for blood
- blood sampleExtracted bodily fluid for analysis
- glucometerBlood sugar measuring device
- diabetesMetabolic disorder affecting glucose
phlebotomy · capillary · test strips · glycemic · insulin · sterile · antiseptic · sharps container · disposable · single-use
pointed arch
Arch with angled apex
cathedral · stained glass · flying buttress · vaulted ceilings · spires · rose window · pinnacles · medieval · apse · nave
pointed
Tapering to a tip
tapered · needle-like · fine · honed · sharpened · beveled · edged · acute · tip · penetrating
- blood equipmentblood glucose meter, glucometer, blood bag, blood bags, blood vial
- sharp pointsneedles, point, pins, tip, spikes
- diabetestype 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, blood sugar, insulin pump, insulin resistance
- medical historyHippocrates, germ theory, bloodletting, Galen, four humors
- metabolic treatmentinsulin therapy, insulin pump, insulin pen, metformin, glucose monitoring
- old curesbloodletting, leeching, purging, cupping, bleeding
lancetssutures
Medical wound closures
surgical staples · bandages · sealants · hemostats · cauterizers
- lance corporalLowest NCO grade
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- fire lanceEarly gunpowder weapon