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scalpel
[ skal-puhl ]
noun
- a small, light, usually straight knife used in surgical and anatomical operations and dissections.
scalpel
/ ˈskælpəl; skælˈpɛlɪk /
noun
- a surgical knife with a short thin blade
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Derived Forms
- scalpellic, adjective
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Other Word Forms
- ·· [skal-, pel, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scalpel1
C18: from Latin scalpellum, from scalper a knife, from scalpere to scrape
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He was, after all, armed with a scalpel while Joel held a loaded gun on him.
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Chapman had applied gauze to Williams' mouth, not a scalpel.
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The signalling for the Spring Statement is that there will be no more tax rises and no more increases in government spending, instead a scalpel is set to be taken to some departments.
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"We say the 'scalpel' rather than the 'hatchet,'" he added, promising agency leaders and Musk would work together effectively.
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“By doing this in so many places across the government — and by cutting with an axe instead of a scalpel — you increase the possibility of a major f— up.”
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