scalpel

Signification (Anglais)

A small straight knife with a very sharp blade used for surgery, dissection and craftwork.

Concepts

scalpel

bistouri

lancette

Synonymes

surgical knife

bistoury

knife

🔪

dissecting knife

lancet

Traductions

Skalpell

escalpelo

bisturi

bisturí

bisturi

scalpel

νυστέρι

scalpello

Seziermesser

bisturí

μαχαιρίδιο

مبضع

مشرط

Schwert

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈskælpəl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Latin scalpellum, from scalprum (“knife”), from scalpere (“to cut”). Doublet of scalpellum.