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The Lancet ''The Lancet'' is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal and one of the oldest of its kind. It is also the world's highest-impact academic journal. It was founded in England in 1823. The journal publishes original research articles, ...

'', a medical journal. It may also refer to:

Medicine

Lancet (surgery) A scalpel, lancet, or bistoury is a small and extremely sharp bladed instrument used for surgery, anatomical dissection, podiatry and various arts and crafts (either called a hobby knife or an X-acto knife.). Scalpels may be single-use disposab ...

, a cutting instrument with a double-edged blade and a pointed end for making small incisions or drainage punctures. *

Blood lancet A blood lancet, or simply lancet, is a small medical implement used for capillary blood sampling. A blood lancet, sometimes called a lance, is similar to a scalpel style lancet, but with a double-edged blade and a pointed end. It can even be a ...

, a pricking needle used to obtain drops of blood for testing

Architecture

Lancet arch Gothic architecture (or pointed architecture) is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas. It ...

, a narrow, tall opening with a pointed arch *

Lancet window A lancet window is a tall, narrow window with a pointed arch at its top. It acquired the "lancet" name from its resemblance to a lance. Instances of this architectural element are typical of Gothic church edifices of the earliest period. Lancet wi ...

, a window set in a lancet arch

People

Doron Lancet Doron Lancet is an Israeli human geneticist. He is the Ralph D. and Lois R. Silver Professor of Human Genomics and head of the Crown Human Genome Center at the Weizmann Institute of Science. He is known for researching the genetic basis of olfa ...

, Israeli geneticist

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Dennis Lancet The Dennis Lancet was a lightweight underfloor-engined chassis manufactured by Dennis during the 1980s. The Lancet nameplate was previously carried by a front-engined chassis, and later, in the 1950s and early 1960s, to the underfloor-engined ...

, a bus chassis *

LG Lancet The LG Lancet is a low-end budget smartphone made by LG Electronics. It was first launched as a Windows Phone 8.1 device in July 2015 and was made available in an Android 5.1 version in October of that year. Both devices are available from Verizon W ...

, a Windows smartphone *

ZALA Lancet The ZALA Lancet (official designation: Item 52/Item 51) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and loitering munition developed by Russian company ZALA Aero Group (part of Kalashnikov Concern) for the Russian Armed Forces. It was first unveiled in Jun ...

, a Russian military drone

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