Medical Definition of Scalprum
1. 1. A large strong scalpel. 2. A raspatory. Origin: L. Chisel, penknife, fr. Scalpo, pp. Scalptus, to carve (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scalprum
Literary usage of Scalprum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"[LS] [GEM] scalprum was the name which might no doubt be applied to any ... 181).
[See woodcut under CHIRURGIA.] A ••• a chisel we have the scalprum ..."
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