Amphismela
Encyclopedia
An amphismela is an anatomical
knife
, edged on both sides. The term comes from the Greek
αμφι (utrinque, "on both sides"), and μελιζω (incido, "I cut").
Anatomy
Anatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy , and plant anatomy...
knife
Knife
A knife is a cutting tool with an exposed cutting edge or blade, hand-held or otherwise, with or without a handle. Knives were used at least two-and-a-half million years ago, as evidenced by the Oldowan tools...
, edged on both sides. The term comes from the Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
αμφι (utrinque, "on both sides"), and μελιζω (incido, "I cut").