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scal⋅pel

  [skal-puhl]
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–noun
a small, light, usually straight knife used in surgical and anatomical operations and dissections.
Origin:
1735–45; < L scalpellum, dim. of scalprum tool for scraping or paring (deriv. of scalpere to scratch); for formation see castellum

Related forms:
scal⋅pel⋅lic  [skal-pel-ik] , adjective
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scal·pel   (skāl'pəl)   
n.  A small straight knife with a thin sharp blade used in surgery and dissection.

[Latin scalpellum, diminutive of scalper, scalprum, knife, from scalpere, to scratch, cut; see skel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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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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Main Entry: scal·pel
Pronunciation: 'skal-p&l also skal-'pel
Function: noun
: a small straight thin-bladed knife used especially in surgery
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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scalpel scal·pel (skāl'pəl)
n.
A small straight knife with a thin sharp blade used in surgery and dissection.

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