Scalpel

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(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:52:57

Scal"pel (?), n. [L scalpellum, dim. of scalprum a knife, akin to scalpere to cut, carve, scrape: cf. F. scalpel.] Surg.

A small knife with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons, and in dissecting.

 

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