scalpel

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S0118600 (skăl′pəl)n. A small straight knife with a thin sharp blade used in surgery and dissection.

[Latin scalpellum, diminutive of scalper, scalprum, knife, from scalpere, to scratch, cut; see skel- in Indo-European roots.]

scalpel

(ˈskælpəl) n (Surgery) a surgical knife with a short thin blade[C18: from Latin scalpellum, from scalper a knife, from scalpere to scrape] scalpellic adj

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(ˈskæl pəl)

n. a small, light, usu. straight knife used in surgical and anatomical operations and dissections. [1735–45; < Latin scalpellum, diminutive of scalprum tool for scraping or paring (derivative of scalpere to scratch; see castle)] scal•pel′lic (-ˈpɛl ɪk) adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

scalpel - a thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgerysurgical knife - a very sharp knife used in surgery

Translations

手术刀解剖刀

scalpel

(ˈskӕlpəl) noun a small knife with a thin blade, used in surgical operations. 手术刀，解剖刀

scalpel

a surgical knife with a short thin blade

Scalpel

a surgical knife 12–15 cm long, used for cutting soft tissues. Devices that operate on the basis of some physics principle and that cut tissues are also called scalpels, for example, the ultrasonic scalpel and the laser-beam scalpel.

scalpel

[′skal·pəl] (design engineering) A small, straight, very sharp knife (or detachable blade for a knife), used for dissecting.

scalpel

[skal´p'l] a small surgical knife with a convex or concave sharp edge; there are now types consisting of a handle with a disposable blade.

Scalpel. From Dorland's, 2000.

scal·pel

(skal'pĕl), A knife used in surgical dissection. [L. scalpellum; dim. of scalprum, a knife]

scalpel

(skăl′pəl)n. A small straight knife with a thin sharp blade used in surgery and dissection.

scalpel

Surgery A surgical cutting knife, usually understood to have a curved and disposible blade. See Rotary gamma scalpel.

scal·pel

(skalp'ĕl) A knife used in surgical dissection. [L. scalpellum; dim. of scalprum, a knife]

scalpel

S02-836520 (skal'pel) [L. scalpellum, small surgical knife]

SCALPELS: A. Disposable B. Handles

SCALPELS: A. Disposable B. HandlesA straight or angle-tipped handle for holding a surgical blade. See: illustration

harmonic scalpel

Abbreviation: HS
An ultrasonic dissecting device used in surgery to disrupt, disintegrate, or coagulate tissues, especially those with a high water or fat content. The device works by cavitating the tissues it contacts. When used laparoscopically, tissues destroyed by the scalpel are removed from the body by aspiration. Synonym: ultrasonic dissector

hemostatic scalpel

A scalpel that cuts and cauterizes tissue at the same time.

plasma scalpel

A scalpel that uses argon gas heated to an ionized plasma to divide tissues and cauterize bleeding blood vessels, e.g., during surgery or after trauma. Synonym: plasma knife

scalpel

A surgical knife. Most scalpels consist of handles of various size that can be fitted with disposable steel blades. For delicate purposes, such as ophthalmic surgery, scalpels are made very small and fine and the cutting edge may be made of ruby or diamond.

scal·pel

(skalp'ĕl) A knife used in surgical dissection. [L. scalpellum; dim. of scalprum, a knife]

Acronym

Definition

SCALPEL➣Scattering with Angular Limitation in Projection E-Beam Lithography (Lucent Technologies)

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noun a thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgery

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