Use a scalpel, not a hatchet.
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Scalpel
//ˈskælpəl//
Synonyms for "scalpel" (8 found)
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4 entriesTranslations
60 translations across 52 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مِشْرَط noun (small straight knife)
Armenian
1 entries- հերձադանակ noun (small straight knife)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- neştər noun (small straight knife)
Basque
1 entries- bisturi noun (small straight knife)
Belarusian
1 entries- скальпель noun (small straight knife)
Bulgarian
1 entries- скалпел noun (small straight knife)
Catalan
1 entries- bisturí noun (small straight knife)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 手術刀 /手术刀 noun (small straight knife)
- 解剖刀 noun (small straight knife)
Czech
1 entries- skalpel noun (small straight knife)
Danish
2 entries- operationskniv noun (small straight knife)
- skalpel noun (small straight knife)
Dutch
2 entries- scalpeermes noun (small straight knife)
- scalpel noun (small straight knife)
Esperanto
1 entries- skalpelo noun (small straight knife)
Finnish
2 entries- leikkausveitsi noun (small straight knife)
- skalpelli noun (small straight knife)
French
1 entries- scalpel noun (small straight knife)
Georgian
1 entries- სკალპელი noun (small straight knife)
German
1 entries- Skalpell noun (small straight knife)
Greek
2 entries- μαχαιρίδιο noun (small straight knife)
- νυστέρι noun (small straight knife)
Greenlandic
1 entries- pilaanermut savik noun (small straight knife)
Hebrew
1 entries- אזמל noun (small straight knife)
Hungarian
1 entries- szike noun (small straight knife)
Icelandic
1 entries- skurðarhnífur noun (small straight knife)
Ido
1 entries- skalpelo noun (small straight knife)
Irish
1 entries- sceanóg noun (small straight knife)
Italian
2 entries- bisturi noun (small straight knife)
- scalpello noun (small straight knife)
Japanese
2 entries- メス noun (small straight knife)
- 円刃刀 noun (small straight knife)
Kapampangan
1 entries- bisturí noun (small straight knife)
Kazakh
1 entries- скальпель noun (small straight knife)
Korean
1 entries- 메스 noun (small straight knife)
Latin
1 entries- scalpellum noun (small straight knife)
Lithuanian
1 entries- skalpelis noun (small straight knife)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- skalpell noun (small straight knife)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- skalpell noun (small straight knife)
Old English
1 entries- lǣċeseax noun (small straight knife)
Persian
1 entries- اسکالپل noun (small straight knife)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Doktamassa noun (small straight knife)
Polish
1 entries- skalpel noun (small straight knife)
Portuguese
1 entries- bisturi noun (small straight knife)
Romanian
1 entries- bisturiu noun (small straight knife)
Russian
1 entries- ска́льпель noun (small straight knife)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- skalpel noun (small straight knife)
Slovak
1 entries- skalpel noun (small straight knife)
Spanish
1 entries- escalpelo noun (small straight knife)
Swedish
1 entries- skalpell noun (small straight knife)
Tagalog
2 entries- bisturi noun (small straight knife)
- pangadlit noun (small straight knife)
Tajik
1 entries- сӯзанак noun (small straight knife)
Telugu
1 entries- స్కాల్పెల్ noun (small straight knife)
Thai
1 entries- มีดผ่าตัด noun (small straight knife)
Turkish
1 entries- neşter noun (small straight knife)
Ukrainian
1 entries- скальпель noun (small straight knife)
Vietnamese
1 entries- dao mổ noun (small straight knife)
Welsh
1 entries- fflaim noun (small straight knife)
Yiddish
1 entries- סקאַלפּעל noun (small straight knife)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Put the scalpel down.
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What sort of a surgeon refuses to use a scalpel?
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I've never even held a scalpel before.
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