scalpel
a small, light, usually straight knife used in surgical and anatomical operations and dissections.
Origin of scalpel
1Other words from scalpel
- scal·pel·lic [skal-pel-ik], /skælˈpɛl ɪk/, adjective
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How to use scalpel in a sentence
Instead, every few months, a veterinarian equipped with little more than a topical anesthetic and a scalpel will remove a peppercorn-size sample of muscle from their flanks, stitch up the tiny incision and send the cows back to their pasture.
They’re managing outbreaks with a scalpel, instead of a machete.
Morning Report: School COVID Testing Tracks With Poverty | Voice of San Diego | September 17, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoIt was the culmination of months of learning to be comfortable with the body in front of us, a process that accumulated in small pauses between tasks, before digging in with tweezers and a scalpel.
You Can’t Dissect a Virtual Cadaver - Issue 99: Universality | Michael Denham | May 5, 2021 | NautilusA few years ago, Procter & Gamble and Unilever overhauled their PPC strategies and took a scalpel to their budgets, decreasing them by 6% and 30%, respectively.
More Google Ads changes and SERP fluctuations; Thursday’s daily brief | Carolyn Lyden | February 25, 2021 | Search Engine LandRegardless, the rise of tutoring bots over marketplaces illustrates that some of the biggest decision-makers in edtech are taking a scalpel to the way that tutoring used to work and hope to scale faster by doing so.
The tech-powered wave of smart, not slow, tutoring sessions | Natasha Mascarenhas | January 7, 2021 | TechCrunch
You have to use the electric scalpel and make a shaky incision on purpose, because palm lines are never completely straight.
Your Future Is in the Palm of Your (Surgeon’s) Hand | Jake Adelstein, Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky | July 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAll you need is a competent plastic surgeon with an electric scalpel who has a basic knowledge of palmistry.
Your Future Is in the Palm of Your (Surgeon’s) Hand | Jake Adelstein, Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky | July 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST"You give the scalpel to the doctors for a reason," said O'Mara.
George Zimmerman Won’t Testify, His Counsel Butts Heads With Judge | Jacqui Goddard | July 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTUsing a scalpel, Rowe cuts out portions of the illustration and then stands them up.
Boycotting a country is the equivalent of a blunt, lethal machete not a delicate scalpel.
If he lack a corpse, he stretches himself on the slab of black marble and buries the scalpel deep in his own heart.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile GautierAlthotas listened in silence, with no other token of impatience than fidgeting with a scalpel in his hands.
Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander DumasTake the scalpel and sever the spinal column without cutting the larynx.
Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander DumasI jerked my head aside far enough that the scalpel grated along my cheekbone instead of slashing my mouth.
Greylorn | John Keith LaumerLet your mind be as a sharp scalpel, penetrating unrealities and falsehoods, cutting its way to the facts.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton Sinclair
British Dictionary definitions for scalpel
/ (ˈskælpəl) /
a surgical knife with a short thin blade
Origin of scalpel
1Derived forms of scalpel
- scalpellic (skælˈpɛlɪk), adjective
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