scalprum

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin scalprum.

Noun

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scalprum (plural scalpra)

  1. A toothed raspatory used in trephining and in removing carious bone.
    • 1819, Bartholomew Parr, The London Medical Dictionary:
      After making the incision, the pericranium must be raised a little from the bone with the edge of the knife, to clear the bone, and the scalprum employed.
  2. A large strong scalpel.

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From scalpō +‎ -rum (instrument-noun-forming suffix).

Noun

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scalprum n (genitive scalprī); second declension

  1. scraper (tool)

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scalprum scalpra
Genitive scalprī scalprōrum
Dative scalprō scalprīs
Accusative scalprum scalpra
Ablative scalprō scalprīs
Vocative scalprum scalpra

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • scalprum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scalprum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scalprum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • scalprum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scalprum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin