scalpeln.

/ˈskalpəl/

Etymology: < Latin scalpellum, scalpellus, diminutive of scalper, scalprum. Compare French scalpel (in 16th cent. scalpelle), German skalpel.

a. A small light knife used in surgical and anatomical operations.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > knife, lancet, or scalpel

blood iron1401

phlebotomec1425

lancentc1440

lancet1474

phlebotomy1477

lancer1537

fleam1552

racer1570

lancelet1574

lance1575

lance-knife1610

catling1617

incision-knife1617

bistort1655

scalpel1742

bistoury1748

dissector1841

scarificator1879

thumb-lancet1903

1742 Simson in Edinb. Med. Ess. V. i. 445 The Scalpel is about an Inch in length, and a third in Breadth.

1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) II. xvii. 5 Shaving the redundant mass off the cartilarge [sic] with a scalpel.

1888 W. R. Gowers Man. Dis. Nerv. Syst. II. iv. 301 If a scalpel is passed over the surface, it removes a little pyo-lymph.

attributive.1742 Simson in Edinb. Med. Ess. V. i. 447 I contrived the Scalpel-ring I have sent you the draught of, which may be used safely with the Uterus at any Distance.

b. figurative.

ΚΠ

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. viii. 161 Whoever should happen to overhear their character discussed in their own servants'-hall, must prepare to undergo the scalpel of such an anatomist.

a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Lit. (1855) xi. 339 It demands, too, for this serious service the most acute intellectual scalpel which the metaphysician can handle.

Derivatives

ˈscalpel v. transitive to cut with a scalpel.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > incision > make an incision in or cut [verb (transitive)] > with specific instrument

fleam1483

scalpel1748

1748 tr. Vegetius Of Distempers Horses 53 Let the whole Circumference of the Soal of the Hoof be scalpelled or cut with a Lancet.

scalˈpellic adj. involving the use of the scalpel.

ΚΠ

1877 J. Ruskin Wks. IV. 155 (note) Ocular and passionate study of nature [as opposed to] telescopic, scalpellic and dispassionate.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	scalpel
释义	scalpeln. /ˈskalpəl/ Etymology: < Latin scalpellum, scalpellus, diminutive of scalper, scalprum. Compare French scalpel (in 16th cent. scalpelle), German skalpel. a. A small light knife used in surgical and anatomical operations. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > knife, lancet, or scalpel blood iron1401 phlebotomec1425 lancentc1440 lancet1474 phlebotomy1477 lancer1537 fleam1552 racer1570 lancelet1574 lance1575 lance-knife1610 catling1617 incision-knife1617 bistort1655 scalpel1742 bistoury1748 dissector1841 scarificator1879 thumb-lancet1903 1742 Simson in Edinb. Med. Ess. V. i. 445 The Scalpel is about an Inch in length, and a third in Breadth. 1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) II. xvii. 5 Shaving the redundant mass off the cartilarge [sic] with a scalpel. 1888 W. R. Gowers Man. Dis. Nerv. Syst. II. iv. 301 If a scalpel is passed over the surface, it removes a little pyo-lymph. attributive.1742 Simson in Edinb. Med. Ess. V. i. 447 I contrived the Scalpel-ring I have sent you the draught of, which may be used safely with the Uterus at any Distance. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. viii. 161 Whoever should happen to overhear their character discussed in their own servants'-hall, must prepare to undergo the scalpel of such an anatomist. a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Lit. (1855) xi. 339 It demands, too, for this serious service the most acute intellectual scalpel which the metaphysician can handle. Derivatives ˈscalpel v. transitive to cut with a scalpel. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > incision > make an incision in or cut [verb (transitive)] > with specific instrument fleam1483 scalpel1748 1748 tr. Vegetius Of Distempers Horses 53 Let the whole Circumference of the Soal of the Hoof be scalpelled or cut with a Lancet. scalˈpellic adj. involving the use of the scalpel. ΚΠ 1877 J. Ruskin Wks. IV. 155 (note) Ocular and passionate study of nature [as opposed to] telescopic, scalpellic and dispassionate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1742
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