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scalpel


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scalpel  \Scal"pel\  (sk[a^]l"p[e^]l),  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scalpel 
  n  :  a  thin  straight  surgical  knife  used  in  dissection  and 
  surgery 




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