scalpel Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgery

WordNet

Scal"pel noun
Etymology
L scalpellum, dim. of scalprum a knife, akin to scalpere to cut, carve, scrape: cf. F. scalpel.
Definitions
  1. (Surg.) A small knife with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons, and in dissecting.

Webster 1913