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Scalpel

//ˈskælpəl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small straight knife with a very sharp blade used for surgery, dissection and craftwork.

    "He feels a tingling behind his ears, anticipating the scalpel and the drill."

  2. 2
    a thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgery wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To hit, thrust, or pierce with a scalpel.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin scalpellum, from scalprum (“knife”), from scalpere (“to cut”). Doublet of scalpellum.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin scalpellum, from scalprum (“knife”), from scalpere (“to cut”). Doublet of scalpellum.

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