: a small straight thin-bladed knife used especially in surgery
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Satter’s work is always adventurous and scalpel-sharp, a natural fit for this story of obsession and loneliness, beauty and cruelty and killer wigs.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
While Kelso used a happy cudgel to elicit a laugh, Kelley employed a scalpel.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 25 Dec. 2025
The result was a form of incisionless surgery, a way to wipe out tumors without scalpels, radiation, or heat.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2025
The company manufactures and distributes roughly 335,000 different medical and surgical supplies — from gloves, masks and scalpels to wheelchairs.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
While Kelso used a happy cudgel to elicit a laugh, Kelley employed a scalpel.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 25 Dec. 2025
The result was a form of incisionless surgery, a way to wipe out tumors without scalpels, radiation, or heat.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2025
The company manufactures and distributes roughly 335,000 different medical and surgical supplies — from gloves, masks and scalpels to wheelchairs.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025
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“Scalpel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scalpel. Accessed 7 Jan. 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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