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scalpel (n.)
1742, from Latin
scalpellum
, diminutive of
scalprum
"knife, chisel, tool for scraping or cutting," from
scalpere
"to carve, cut," related to
sculpere
"to carve," from PIE root
*(s)kel-
"to cut, cleave" (see
sculpture
).
