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IELTS BNC: 20194 COCA: 15111

scalpel

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
scalpel /ˈskælpəl/ noun
plural scalpels
scalpel
/ˈskælpəl/
noun
plural scalpels
Learner's definition of SCALPEL
[count]
: a small knife with a thin, sharp blade that is used in surgery解剖刀;外科手术刀
IELTS BNC: 20194 COCA: 15111

scalpel

noun

scal·​pel ˈskal-pəl How to pronounce scalpel (audio)
also
skal-ˈpel How to pronounce scalpel (audio)
: a small straight thin-bladed knife used especially in surgery

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Authorities say Simmons-Hancock was stabbed and cut more than 100 times and had her skull crushed with a hammer in her New Boston, Texas, home before a scalpel was used to remove her unborn baby. Chron, 14 Sep. 2022 Authorities say Simmons-Hancock was stabbed and cut more than 100 times and had her skull crushed with a hammer in her New Boston, Texas, home before a scalpel was used to remove her unborn baby. CBS News, 14 Sep. 2022 Authorities say Simmons-Hancock was stabbed and cut more than 100 times and had her skull crushed with a hammer in her New Boston, Texas, home before a scalpel was used to remove her unborn baby. Fox News, 14 Sep. 2022 Authorities revealed in court Simmons Hancock was stabbed and cut more than 100 times and had her skull crushed with a hammer before a scalpel was used to remove her unborn baby. Chris Harris, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2022 Oncologists have increasingly seen mammograms as a double-edged scalpel. Angus Chen, STAT, 30 June 2022 And on a recent morning, Thai Jones, a curator at Columbia University’s special collections library, picked up a scalpel-like letter opener, reached into a box of jumbled mail and took a deep breath. New York Times, 27 Apr. 2022 But if powerful, heavy cars are sledgehammers, the Seven is a scalpel. Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 1 June 2022 Those wounds can’t be surgically fixed with a scalpel. Samer Attar, WSJ, 8 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Latin scalpellus, scalpellum, diminutive of scalper, scalprum chisel, knife, from scalpere to scratch, carve

First Known Use

1742, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of scalpel was in 1742
IELTS BNC: 20194 COCA: 15111

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