The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word LANCET
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More clues leading to the result LANCET
- Window that opens in theatre
- Awfully clean on top of table, surgeon’s knife
- Narrow window for research publication
- Knight disposing of leftover blade
- Medical journal allowed to include an opening for chiropractor
- Window opener in hospital
- Operator’s instrument in window
- Window that’s needed for theatre opening
- Line worker put around church window
- Point employed by orderly number broaching secure unit’s closure
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The straight part
We know that "Medical journal" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case medical journal = lancet.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does LANCET mean?
LANCET noun- A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.
- A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer.
- An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
- A high narrow window, terminating in an arch acutely pointed, often double or triple, common in the first half of the 13th century.
- To pierce with a lancet.