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pəl noun
a small, light, usually straight knife used in surgical and anatomical operations and dissections.
Origin:
1735–45; < Latin scalpellum, diminutive of scalprum tool for scraping or paring (derivative of scalpere to scratch); for formation see castellum
1735–45; < Latin scalpellum, diminutive of scalprum tool for scraping or paring (derivative of scalpere to scratch); for formation see castellum
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scalpel (ˈskælpəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a surgical knife with a short thin blade | |
| [C18: from Latin scalpellum, from scalper a knife, from scalpere to scrape] | |
| scalpellic | |
| —adj | |
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Scalpel
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Word Origin & History
scalpel
1742, from L. scalpellum, dim. of scalprum "knife, chisel, tool for scraping or cutting," from scalpere "to carve, cut," related to sculpere "to carve," from PIE base *(s)kel- "to cut, cleave."
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Medical Dictionary
scalpel scal·pel (skāl'pəl)
n.
A small straight knife with a thin sharp blade used in surgery and dissection.
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Example sentences
Language is as vital to the physician's art as the stethoscope or the scalpel.
The rest have to make do with a quick swipe across the knee with a scalpel, to mimic a surgery scar.
However, as drafted it has a major flaw--it uses a sledgehammer when a scalpel is desired.
T he scalpel is a wondrously simple and effective tool that has saved many lives.
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