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- noun Plural form of
scalpel .
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Examples
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Coloured paper of a good thicknessPiece of stringPencilScalpelScalpel blade size 3 with 10A blades (Ryan uses Swan Martin scalpels and blades) Masking tapeOrnament to put the necklace on
Rob Ryan: The artist spreading a little love around our homes Huma Qureshi 2010
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In addition to those required for operations on the softer structures -- such as scalpels, forceps, artery forceps, directors, scissors, etc. -- the surgery of the foot demands instruments specially adapted for dealing with the horn.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks
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His three sons are Scouts, two of them serving in the Army, and the youngest doing his bit in the workshop attached to the hospital -- where they make their own instruments, such as scalpels, scissors, etc.
Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Baden-Powell of Gilwell 1899
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In the medical segment that makes and distributes supplies, such as scalpels and gloves, profit increased 11 percent to $428 million.
Los Angeles Business News - Local Los Angeles News | Los Angeles Business from bizjournals 2010
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They start using "big clubs" instead of "scalpels" because simply overwhelming the problem every time requires the least thought and tact, despite the fact that it's probably an enormous resource hog on a business.
Techdirt 2009
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I knew that lobotomy and shock now called electroconvulsive therapy or ECT were nearly one in the same -- both assaults on the highest centers of the brain, one with scalpels and hot electrodes, the other with searing jolts of electricity.
Dr. Peter Breggin: The Stealth ECT Psychiatrist in Psychiatric Reform Dr. Peter Breggin 2012
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Shared mental models within the team and closed-loop communication skills should be honed like scalpels.
Clive Meanwell, M.D.: A Revolution for Heart Valve Jobs M.D. Clive Meanwell 2011
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Shared mental models within the team and closed-loop communication skills should be honed like scalpels.
Clive Meanwell, M.D.: A Revolution for Heart Valve Jobs M.D. Clive Meanwell 2011
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But the producers, including Shonda Rhimes (who also created Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice), prefer to think of their new bush baby as "Indiana Jones with scalpels."
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I knew that lobotomy and shock now called electroconvulsive therapy or ECT were nearly one in the same -- both assaults on the highest centers of the brain, one with scalpels and hot electrodes, the other with searing jolts of electricity.
Dr. Peter Breggin: The Stealth ECT Psychiatrist in Psychiatric Reform Dr. Peter Breggin 2012
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