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English Dictionary: Scalpel by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scalpel
n
  1. a thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgery
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scalpel \Scal"pel\ (sk[acr]l"p[ecr]l), n. [L. scalpellum, dim.
      of scalprum a knife, akin to scalpere to cut, carve, scrape:
      cf. F. scalpel.] (Surg.)
      A small knife with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons,
      and in dissecting.
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