scalpel
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈskælpəl/
- Specialized
:
bisturí
- The surgeon carefully used a scalpel to make the first incision during the operation.
- use a scalpel
- cut with a scalpel
- scalpel blade
He came out, his brother come out and another guy come out and luckily I had a pen on me that had a a scalpel on it.
- He came out, his brother come out and another guy come out and luckily I had a pen on me that had a a scalpel on it.
- This was a pig kidney, and this arm would make a cut in that kidney and it would measure the forces that are experienced by that scalpel tip.
- So for example, an Obsidian scalpel cuts through flesh much easier with much less force than say, I don't know, a plushie.
- They also have like basically a scalpel tip here.
- Satire is like the surgeon's scalpel cutting through warm butter, right?
- So I think when people say manipulation, it's like saying a scalpel is is bad.
- As to that plasma scalpel, the smell was terrible.
- They're not too bad, but they feel like the little baby knives, little scalpels all in your legs.
- I'm curious, you know, you've, I'm sure, studied that early transition scalpel to, to scope.
Examples
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The length of time required to perform the harmonic scalpel procedure decreased slightly with continued use.
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Before the dissection, the instructor handed each student a scalpel for their specimens.
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As we gain more experience with the harmonic scalpel, we expect to become even faster.
Academic text (2004) -
I'm going to have to use the scalpel to peel off a little bit of placenta.
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For many, electrosurgery replaced the scalpel because it provides for rapid hemostasis.
Academic text (2004) -
Visibility in the surgical field is better than it is with the conventional steel scalpel and electrocautery device.
Academic text (2004) -
Samuel Gross, standing, his forehead like a cliff, is holding a bloody scalpel while he lectures.
Fiction book (1998) -
Clay pulls on a doctor's smock, picks up a scalpel from a table covered with various medical instruments.
Fiction book (1998) -
The surgeon applies pressure to the scalpel to open the avascular area and expose the tonsillar capsule.
Academic text (2004) -
Prior to its use in otolaryngology, the harmonic scalpel was already widely used by laparoscopic and gynecologic surgeons.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
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2.5
A tool used to cut materials like glass or dough
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3.8
A tool a surgeon uses during an operation to cut, hold, or move body tissue
A very sharp knife a doctor uses in an operation to cut parts of the body
A powered tool surgeons use to cut and remove soft tissue through a small tube during surgery
How Sharp
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scalpel comes from an old Latin word scalpellus, and the root scalp- means 'to scrape', which is like the English word 'scrape'. So a scalpel is a small, very sharp knife used for careful cutting in surgery.