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Definition

lance verb

/lɑːnt s/US pronunciation symbol/lænt s/ v [T]
to cut the skin with a sharp tool in order to release infected matter that has collected under it
She had a boil lanced at the doctor's this morning.

(Definition of lance verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

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