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scalpel

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scal·pel  (sklpl)
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.]

scalpel [ˈskælpəl]
n
(Medicine / Surgery) a surgical knife with a short thin blade
[from Latin scalpellum, from scalper a knife, from scalpere to scrape]
scalpellic  [skælˈpɛlɪk] adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.scalpelscalpel - a thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgery
surgical knife - a very sharp knife used in surgery
Translations
scalpel [ˈskælpəl] Nescalpelo m

scalpel [ˈskælpəl] nscalpel m

scalpel
nSkalpell nt

scalpel [ˈskælpl] nbisturi m inv
scalpel [ˈskælpl] nbisturi m inv

scalpel
n scalpel [ˈskӕlpəl]
a small knife with a thin blade, used in surgical operations. skalpel مِشْرَط، مِبْضَع скалпел skalpel skalpel das Skalpell νυστέρι escalpelo, bisturí skalpell چاقوي كوچك جراحي leikkausveitsi scalpel אִזמֶל נִיתוּחִים स्कैलपेल, क्षुरिका skalpel szike pisau operasi skurðhnífur bisturi 外科用メス 외과용 메스 skalpelis skalpelis skalpel ontleedmes skalpell; disseksjonskniv skalpel escalpelo bisturiu скальпель skalpel skalpel skalpel skalpell มีดเล็กสำหรับผ่าตัด neşter 手術刀,解剖刀 скальпель عظم تراش dao mổ(y học)


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Then Philip took up the scalpel and the tweezers and began working while the other looked on.
He stopped and let loose the practised scalpel of his tongue, not loudly.
I began with a sheep, and killed it after a day and a half by a slip of the scalpel.
 
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