Definitions
a thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgery
Word origin
Borrowed from Latin scalpellum, from scalprum (“knife”), from scalpere (“to cut”). Doublet of scalpellum.
Used in a sentence
“He feels a tingling behind his ears, anticipating the scalpel and the drill.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Surgeon's knife”7 letters
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