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scalpel

scal·pel

UK/ˈskælpəl/ US/ˈskælpʌl/ fairly common

noun

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Origin

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

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