a small sharp knife used by doctors in medical operations 解剖刀；手术刀 The surgeon made the first incision with a wide-bladed scalpel. 外科医生用宽口手术刀剖开了第一道切口。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryScalpel is used before these nouns:- blade
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from French, or from Latin scalpellum, diminutive of scalprum ‘chisel’, from scalpere ‘to scratch’.