1742, from Latin scalpellum "a surgical knife," 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 scale (n.1)).
例文
1. This is the scalpel which Norman Bethune used in those days.
これは当時のベチューン医師用のメスです。
2.He felt the scalpel in his hand,and paused a moment.
彼は試手の中のメスを試してしばらくためらった。
3.A scalpel and tweezers are the only tools needed.
解剖ナイフとピンセットだけを用意する必要があります。
4.The joint is opened with a flame-sterilized scalpel .
火炎滅菌された外科ナイフで関節を開放する。
5.There,a little below the right shoulder blade,and to the side,his scalpel would enter.