: a small straight thin-bladed knife used especially in surgery
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The work of Thierry Mugler, who founded the label in 1974, oscillated between old Hollywood, high camp, and outer space—and sometimes encompassed all three—but was always delivered by a fierce talent aided and abetted by a scalpel-sharp sense of form and fit.—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025 The young Marx, still speaking the language of humanist ideals, gave way to the older Marx, who dissected capitalism with the scalpel of science.—Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025 Her namesake line — best known for its colostrum mask — and signature microcurrent treatment deliver facelift-like results, no scalpel required.—Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025 High-resolution 3-D scans allow researchers to visualize minuscule anatomies without lifting a scalpel.—Marion Renault, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scalpel
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Latin scalpellus, scalpellum, diminutive of scalper, scalprum chisel, knife, from scalpere to scratch, carve
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