: a small straight thin-bladed knife used especially in surgery
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Before the advent of LASIK, surgeons used a scalpel to cut into the cornea.
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Jerome Barthelemy, Harvard Business Review, 13 May 2025
Focused ultrasound can be beamed through the skull and ablate, or surgically remove, tumors without any reliance on a drill or a scalpel.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
After numbing the scrotal skin with a local anesthetic, the urologist makes a small opening in the skin, often so small that no stitches or scalpels are needed.
—Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 1 June 2025
La Sasso spent the evening on his back as a doctor from another team dug into his feet with a scalpel and needle.
—Mark Zeigler, Mercury News, 27 May 2025
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Jerome Barthelemy, Harvard Business Review, 13 May 2025
Focused ultrasound can be beamed through the skull and ablate, or surgically remove, tumors without any reliance on a drill or a scalpel.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
After numbing the scrotal skin with a local anesthetic, the urologist makes a small opening in the skin, often so small that no stitches or scalpels are needed.
—Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 1 June 2025
La Sasso spent the evening on his back as a doctor from another team dug into his feet with a scalpel and needle.
—Mark Zeigler, Mercury News, 27 May 2025
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“Scalpel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scalpel. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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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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