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scalpel
scal·pel [ skálpəl ] (plural scal·pels)


noun 
Definition:
 
surgical knife: a surgical knife with a short, very sharp blade
[Mid-18th century. Directly or via French< Latin scalpellum "small cutting tool"]
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