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scalpel
[ skal-puhl ]
noun
- a small, light, usually straight knife used in surgical and anatomical operations and dissections.
scalpel
/ ˈskælpəl; skælˈpɛlɪk /
noun
- a surgical knife with a short thin blade
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Derived Forms
- scalpellic, adjective
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Other Words From
- scal·pel·lic [skal-, pel, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scalpel1
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Example Sentences
You have to use the electric scalpel and make a shaky incision on purpose, because palm lines are never completely straight.
All you need is a competent plastic surgeon with an electric scalpel who has a basic knowledge of palmistry.
"You give the scalpel to the doctors for a reason," said O'Mara.
Using a scalpel, Rowe cuts out portions of the illustration and then stands them up.
Boycotting a country is the equivalent of a blunt, lethal machete not a delicate scalpel.
If he lack a corpse, he stretches himself on the slab of black marble and buries the scalpel deep in his own heart.
Althotas listened in silence, with no other token of impatience than fidgeting with a scalpel in his hands.
Take the scalpel and sever the spinal column without cutting the larynx.
I jerked my head aside far enough that the scalpel grated along my cheekbone instead of slashing my mouth.
Let your mind be as a sharp scalpel, penetrating unrealities and falsehoods, cutting its way to the facts.
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