scalpel /scal·pel/ (skal´p'l) a small surgical knife usually having a convex edge.
scalpel
scalpel (skal´p
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scalpel
scal·pel (sk l p l)n. A small straight knife with a thin sharp blade used in surgery and dissection. |
scalpel
[skal′pəl]
Etymology: L, scalprum, knife
a small pointed knife with a convex edge. Some scalpels use interchangeable blades for specific surgical procedures, such as operating and amputating. Multiple kinds of scalpels are used; they are identified by number. Number 10 is the most common.
scalpel (skal´p
l),n a delicate, razor-sharp, pointed knife, usually with a convex edge.
scalpel, electrosurgical,
n a scalpel that severs tissue by means of an electrically heated wire.
scalpel
small surgical knife. The traditional fixed blade model usually has a convex edge. Modern instruments have detachable blades in a great variety of shapes. There are other more sophisticated cutting instruments such as the argon plasma scalpel, the carbon dioxide laser scalpel, the electrosurgical scalpel and the high-energy scalpel.
scalpel
Surgery A surgical cutting knife, usually understood to have a curved and disposible blade. See Rotary gamma scalpel.
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