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What (who) is LANCED - definition
Lanced
CLINICAL PROCEDURE USED TO RELEASE PUS
Lancing (surgical procedure); Lancing (Surgical Procedure); I&D; Clinical lancing; Lanced; Drainage (medical); Lancing boils; I & D; I and D
·Impf & ·p.p. of Lance.
Incision and drainage
CLINICAL PROCEDURE USED TO RELEASE PUS
Lancing (surgical procedure); Lancing (Surgical Procedure); I&D; Clinical lancing; Lanced; Drainage (medical); Lancing boils; I & D; I and D
Incision and drainage (I&D), also known as clinical lancing, are minor surgical procedures to release pus or pressure built up under the skin, such as from an abscess, boil, or infected paranasal sinus. It is performed by treating the area with an antiseptic, such as iodine-based solution, and then making a small incision to puncture the skin using a sterile instrument such as a sharp needle or a pointed scalpel.
Lancely
·adj Like a lance.
Examples of use of LANCED
1. The speech produced intense debate, but it lanced the boil.
2. A boil should be lanced and a poisonous herb rooted out.
3. Jenny Tonge, a Lib Dem peer, said: "The boil has to be lanced." Then Charles pulled a surprise.
4. "We don‘t have any choice about cultivating poppies because it‘s the only means for our survival," said Amir Mohammad, 30, another farmer in the village, as he lanced the bulbous poppy heads to encourage the precious fluid to ooze out.
5. We lanced a boil which, had we not done, would have meant that our country would have gone down the tubes Archbishop Desmond Tutu Transcript of the interview Should South Africans thank each other?