scalpel

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.

Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

scal·pel

(skal'pĕl),

A knife used in surgical dissection.

[L. scalpellum; dim. of scalprum, a knife]

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scalpel

(skăl′pəl)

n.

A small straight knife with a thin sharp blade used in surgery and dissection.

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scalpel

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

McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

scal·pel

(skalp'ĕl)

A knife used in surgical dissection.

[L. scalpellum; dim. of scalprum, a knife]

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

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.

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

scal·pel

(skalp'ĕl)

A knife used in surgical dissection.

[L. scalpellum; dim. of scalprum, a knife]

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