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Word: Scalpel
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 18th century: from French, or from Latin scalpellum, diminutive of scalprum ‘chisel’, from scalpere ‘to scratch’
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Phonetic Spelling:
ˈskalpl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a knife with a small, sharp, sometimes detachable blade, as used by a surgeon.
Short Definition:knife with small, sharp, sometimes detachable blade
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