: a small straight thin-bladed knife used especially in surgery
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His girlfriend in stirrups, her assistant slicing the fruit with a scalpel instead of a chef’s knife.
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Literary Hub, 8 May 2026
But Creasy, fueled by his promises to Poe and his new friendships, digs deep and grabs a scalpel lying on the floor.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
Up next is Tezzus and diamond*, the de facto captains of ØWay, who have taken the modern rapper’s scalpel to his jagged flows in a way that’s beyond straight mimicry.
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As the White House took aim at higher education and the scientific research enterprise with its budgetary scalpels, my world was thrown into chaos.
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Literary Hub, 8 May 2026
But Creasy, fueled by his promises to Poe and his new friendships, digs deep and grabs a scalpel lying on the floor.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
Up next is Tezzus and diamond*, the de facto captains of ØWay, who have taken the modern rapper’s scalpel to his jagged flows in a way that’s beyond straight mimicry.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 24 Apr. 2026
As the White House took aim at higher education and the scientific research enterprise with its budgetary scalpels, my world was thrown into chaos.
—Nara Parameswaran, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for scalpel
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“Scalpel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scalpel. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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scalpel
noun
scal·pel
ˈskal-pəl 
also skal-ˈpel
: a small straight thin-bladed knife used especially in surgery
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