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   scalpel

   /ˈskalpl/

   noun

   • 1. a knife with a small, sharp, sometimes detachable blade, as used by a surgeon.

   Word Origin mid 18th century: from French, or from Latin scalpellum, diminutive of scalprum ‘chisel’, from scalpere ‘to scratch’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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