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[ skal-puhl ] / ˈskæl pəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR scalpel ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna small, light, usually straight knife used in surgical and anatomical operations and dissections. Origin of scalpel1735–45; <Latin scalpellum, diminutive of scalprum tool for scraping or paring (derivative of scalpere to scratch); for formation see castellum OTHER WORDS FROM scalpelscal·pel·lic [skal-pel-ik], /skælˈpɛl ɪk/, adjectiveWords nearby scalpelscally, scallywag, scalogram, scaloppine, scalp, scalpel, scalping, scalp lock, scalpriform, scalprum, scaly Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for scalpel"You give the scalpel to the doctors for a reason," said O'Mara. George Zimmerman Won’t Testify, His Counsel Butts Heads With Judge|Jacqui Goddard|July 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST Using a scalpel, Rowe cuts out portions of the illustration and then stands them up. The Future of Print!|William O’Connor|June 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST The defense cuts would go through the orderly legislative process of putting together a budget, “using a scalpel and not an ax.” Sequester Looms as Democrats and GOP Make Little Effort to Resolve Impasse|Eleanor Clift|February 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST So we need more pressure on AQAP, but with a scalpel, not a chain saw. The Brains Behind the Foiled Plane Plot|Bruce Riedel|October 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Fiscal policy is more precise, less a meat cleaver than a scalpel. Finally, Some Real Stimulus|Marshall Auerback|September 7, 2010|DAILY BEAST The scalpel, during the dissection of the muscles, met with granulations which blunted the edge of the instrument. Animal Parasites and Messmates|P. J. Van Beneden There was nowhere a factory that could make a scalpel, to say nothing of more ingeniously contrived surgical implements. The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct, Volume I (of 2)|George Cary Eggleston Each stroke of the pen, or rather each turn of the scalpel, amazes us by its keen penetration. The Land of Contrasts|James Fullarton Muirhead The duct is now severed with the scalpel at a point a little way from the papilla as shown at G in Fig. 3. Fur Farming For Profit|Hermon Basil Laymon The protruding mass may then be cleanly excised by means of a scalpel. A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)|Various
British Dictionary definitions for scalpel
nouna surgical knife with a short thin blade Derived forms of scalpelscalpellic (skælˈpɛlɪk), adjectiveWord Origin for scalpelC18: from Latin scalpellum, from scalper a knife, from scalpere to scrape Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to scalpelbayonet, dagger, blade, sword, skewer, machete, sickle, cutter, lance, steel, shank, point, edge, cutlass, sabre, switchblade, scythe, bolo, stiletto, ripper Medical definitions for scalpel
n.A small straight knife with a thin sharp blade used in surgery and dissection. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |