"microscalpel" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1997, Methods in Muscle Biology, page 16:",
          "text": "Each incision can be aided by first \"scoring\" the ectoderm repeatedly (3-10 times) by dragging the cutting tip of the microscalpel along the surface (Fig. 2B).",
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          "text": "To stain photoreceptors of the dorsal rim area, the cornea and crystalline cone layer of the DRA were removed using a microscalpel.",
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        "A tool used to cut or remove parts of an individual cell."
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