Scalpel

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small straight knife with a thin sharp blade used in surgery and dissection.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small straight knife with a very sharp blade used for surgery, dissection and craftwork.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small knife with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons, and in dissecting.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A small light knife, which may be held like a pen, used in anatomical dissection and in surgical operations, having the back of the blade straight or nearly so, the edge more or less convex, and the point sharp.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgery
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