scalprumn.
/ˈskalprəm/ 1. Surgery. A rasping instrument; a raspatory.
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raspatory?a1425
rougine?a1425
scalping1552
scalper1656
desquamatory1668
lenticular instrument1672
scalprum1688
xyster1688
radula1706
lenticular1739
lenticular knife1846
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xx. 235/2 The Scalpra or Scraping Toole; it is to scrape or shave bones with all.
1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 303 With the knife appropriated to this use and the scalprum, a piece of the scalp is to be removed.
1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Scalprum..Name for a denticular raspatory used in trepanning.
2. Anatomy. The cutting edge of an incisor. Also, a scalpriform incisor.
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scalprum1842
1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 1084/2 Scalprum, in Mammalogy, the cutting edge of the incisor teeth.
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