microscalpel

plural microscalpels

1. A tool used to cut or remove parts of an individual cell.

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

   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, →DOI

   1 more example

   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).

   1997, Methods in Muscle Biology, page 16