microscalpel

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ scalpel

Noun

microscalpel (plural microscalpels)

1. A tool used to cut or remove parts of an individual cell.
   • 1997, Methods in Muscle Biology, page 16:

     Each incision can be aided by first "scoring" the ectoderm repeatedly (3-10 times) by dragging the cutting tip of the microscalpel along the surface (Fig. 2B).

   • 2015 December 3, “Transmedulla Neurons in the Sky Compass Network of the Honeybee ( Apis mellifera ) Are a Possible Site of Circadian Input”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     To stain photoreceptors of the dorsal rim area, the cornea and crystalline cone layer of the DRA were removed using a microscalpel.