Scalpel
['skælp(ə)l] or [skæl'pɛl]
Definition
(noun.) a thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgery.
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Definition
(n.) A small knife with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons, and in dissecting.
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Definition
n. a small surgical knife for dissecting and operating.—n. Scalpel′lum one of the four filamentous organs in the proboscis of hemipterous insects:—pl. Scalpel′la.—adj. Scal′priform chisel-shaped specifically said of the incisor teeth of rodents.
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Examples
- She went to work at this business in a singularly cool, deliberate manner, like some surgeon practising with his scalpel on a lifeless subject. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- His life was made an agony by the number of fine scalpels that he felt to be incessantly engaged in dissecting his dignity. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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