[ noun ] a thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgery <noun.artifact>
Scalpel \Scal"pel\ (sk[a^]l"p[e^]l), n. [L. scalpellum, dim. of scalprum a knife, akin to scalpere to cut, carve, scrape: cf. F. scalpel.] (Surg.) A small knife with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons, and in dissecting.
He's skilled with both scalpel and pen, a surgeon with a love for words.
The Fed may have good reasons for operating on the economy with a scalpel rather than a mallet.
Wielding an animated scalpel, physicians can perform surgery exactly as they would in an operating room.
Yeah, well if you guys use a scalpel the way you use a comma, you're not getting anywhere near my deviated septum.
Information on clinical matters such as death rates while under the scalpel and reinfection rates among discharged patients is available.