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Definition of Scalpel
1. Noun. A thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgery.
Definition of Scalpel
1. n. A small knife with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons, and in dissecting.
Definition of Scalpel
1. Noun. A small straight knife with a very sharp blade used for surgery, dissection and craftwork. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scalpel
1. a small surgical knife [n -S]
Medical Definition of Scalpel
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Scalpel
Literary usage of Scalpel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1920)
"scalpel SHARPENING* GG LITTLE It takes time and patience to acquire the ...
Cross section of a scalpel blade the sides of which are slightly concave. ..."
2. Operative Surgery on the Cadaver by Jasper Jewett Garmany (1887)
"MANIPULATION OF THE scalpel. 1. How to hold the scalpel.—Three methods of holding
the scalpel are necessary to graceful operation: (a) The first is where ..."
3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"The vagina is separated from the rectum with marked out with a scalpel, and a
sponge with a holder is scissors. Note that the dissection extends well above ..."
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