"scalpel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈskælpəl/ Audio: En-us-scalpel.oga Forms: scalpels [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin scalpellum, from scalprum (“knife”), from scalpere (“to cut”). Displaced native Old English lǣċeseax (literally “doctor knife”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|scalpellum}} Latin scalpellum, {{ncog|ang|lǣċeseax|lit=doctor knife}} Old English lǣċeseax (literally “doctor knife”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} scalpel (plural scalpels)
  1. A small straight knife with a very sharp blade used for surgery, dissection and craftwork. Wikipedia link: scalpel Categories (topical): Knives, Medical equipment, Surgery Related terms: bistoury, knife Translations (small straight knife): مِشْرَط (mišraṭ) [masculine] (Arabic), հերձադանակ (herjadanak) (Armenian), neştər (Azerbaijani), bisturi (Basque), скальпель (skalʹpjelʹ) (Belarusian), скалпел (skalpel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), bisturí [masculine] (Catalan), 解剖刀 (jiěpōudāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 手術刀 /手术刀 (shǒushùdāo) (Chinese Mandarin), skalpel [masculine] (Czech), operationskniv (Danish), skalpel (Danish), scalpel [neuter] (Dutch), scalpeermes [neuter] (Dutch), skalpelo (Esperanto), skalpelli (Finnish), leikkausveitsi (Finnish), scalpel [masculine] (French), სკალპელი (sḳalṗeli) (Georgian), Skalpell [neuter] (German), νυστέρι (nystéri) [neuter] (Greek), μαχαιρίδιο (machairídio) [neuter] (Greek), pilaanermut savik (Greenlandic), אזמל (izmel) [masculine] (Hebrew), szike (Hungarian), skurðarhnífur [masculine] (Icelandic), skalpelo (Ido), bisturi (Italian), scalpello (Italian), メス (mesu) (Japanese), 円刃刀 (enjintō) (alt: えんじんとう) (Japanese), bisturí (Kapampangan), скальпель (skalpel) (Kazakh), 메스 (meseu) (Korean), scalpellum [masculine] (Latin), skalpelis [masculine] (Lithuanian), skalpell [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), skalpell [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), lǣċeseax [neuter] (Old English), اسکالپل (eskâlpel) (Persian), skalpel [masculine] (Polish), bisturi (Portuguese), bisturiu [neuter] (Romanian), ска́льпель (skálʹpelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), skalpel [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), skalpel [masculine] (Slovak), escalpelo [masculine] (Spanish), bisturí (Spanish), skalpell (Swedish), bisturi (Tagalog), pangadlit (Tagalog), сӯзанак (süzanak) (Tajik), స్కాల్పెల్ (skālpel) (Telugu), มีดผ่าตัด (mîit-pàa-dtàt) (Thai), neşter (Turkish), скальпель (skalʹpelʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), dao mổ (Vietnamese), סקאַלפּעל (skalpel) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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          "sense": "small straight knife",
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          "word": "leikkausveitsi"
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          "roman": "sḳalṗeli",
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          "word": "სკალპელი"
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          "sense": "small straight knife",
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          "sense": "small straight knife",
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          "roman": "eskâlpel",
          "sense": "small straight knife",
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          "sense": "small straight knife",
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          "sense": "small straight knife",
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          "roman": "skálʹpelʹ",
          "sense": "small straight knife",
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          "word": "ска́льпель"
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          "sense": "small straight knife",
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        {
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "small straight knife",
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          "word": "escalpelo"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "small straight knife",
          "word": "skalpell"
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          "sense": "small straight knife",
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          "roman": "skālpel",
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          "sense": "small straight knife",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "مِشْرَط"
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      "roman": "herjadanak",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "հերձադանակ"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "neştər"
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      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "skalʹpjelʹ",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "скальпель"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skalpel",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "скалпел"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bisturí"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiěpōudāo",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "解剖刀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǒushùdāo",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "手術刀 /手术刀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skalpel"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "operationskniv"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "skalpel"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "scalpel"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "scalpeermes"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "skalpelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "skalpelli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "leikkausveitsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "scalpel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sḳalṗeli",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "სკალპელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Skalpell"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "nystéri",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "νυστέρι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "machairídio",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "μαχαιρίδιο"
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    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "pilaanermut savik"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
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      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "אזמל"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "szike"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "skurðarhnífur"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "skalpelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "bisturi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "scalpello"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mesu",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "メス"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "enjintō",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "円刃刀"
    },
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      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "bisturí"
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "skalpel",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "скальпель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "meseu",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "메스"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scalpellum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skalpelis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skalpell"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skalpell"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lǣċeseax"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "eskâlpel",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "اسکالپل"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skalpel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "bisturi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bisturiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skálʹpelʹ",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ска́льпель"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skalpel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skalpel"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escalpelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "bisturí"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "skalpell"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "bisturi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "pangadlit"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "süzanak",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "сӯзанак"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "skālpel",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "స్కాల్పెల్"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "mîit-pàa-dtàt",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "มีดผ่าตัด"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "neşter"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "skalʹpelʹ",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "скальпель"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "word": "dao mổ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "skalpel",
      "sense": "small straight knife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "סקאַלפּעל"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scalpel"
}

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