scalpel
A small straight knife with a very sharp blade used for surgery, dissection and craftworkA small straight knife with a very sharp blade used for surgery, dissection and craftwork.
» Put the scalpel down.
Положи скальпель. — soniamiku
Положите скальпель. — marafon
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesA small straight knife with a very sharp blade used for surgery, dissection and craftwork.
Skalpell
ска́льпельskálʹpelʹ
скальпельskalʹpelʹ
a thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgery
Examples
12 sentencesPut the scalpel down.
ruПоложи скальпель. — soniamiku
Use a scalpel, not a hatchet.
ruИспользуй скальпель, а не топор. — odexed
The surgeon reached for the scalpel.
ruХирург потянулся за скальпелем. — Wezel · CC BY 2.0 FR
deDer Chirurg griff nach dem Skalpell. — Yorwba · CC BY 2.0 FR
The nurse is busy washing scalpels now.
ruМедсестра сейчас занята мытьём скальпелей. — Selena777
deDie Krankenschwester ist mit dem Waschen der Skalpelle beschäftigt. — Yorwba
I've never even held a scalpel before.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin scalpellum, from scalprum (“knife”), from scalpere (“to cut”). DoubletBorrowed from Latin scalpellum, from scalprum (“knife”), from scalpere (“to cut”). Doublet of scalpellum.
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