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SCALP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The skin that covers the top of the head

Example:

they wanted to take his scalp as a trophy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("scalp" is a kind of...):

cutis; skin; tegument (a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch)

Holonyms ("scalp" is a part of...):

human head (the head of a human being)

Derivation:

scalp (remove the scalp of)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove the scalp of

Example:

The enemies were scalped

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "scalp" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "scalp"):

lift (remove (hair) by scalping)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

scalp (the skin that covers the top of the head)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Sell illegally, as on the black market

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "scalp" is one way to...):

sell (exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent)

Domain category:

crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

scalper (someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A few scanty grey hairs still hung about his yellow scalp.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is usually located in the scalp.

(Organoid Nevus, NCI Thesaurus)

It is made by placing electrodes on the scalp (the skin covering the top of the head), and impulses are sent to a special machine.

(EEG, NCI Dictionary)

The neurophysiologic exploration of the electrical activity of the brain by the application of electrodes to the scalp.

(Electroencephalography, NCI Thesaurus)

A severe, chronic fungal skin infection, usually of the scalp, characterized by the development of thick, yellow cup-shaped crusts and scarring over hair follicles.

(Favus, NCI Thesaurus)

Common problem with the hair and scalp include hair loss, infections, and flaking.

(Hair Problems, NIH)

The condition typically involves the face and scalp, but widespread dissemination may occur.

(Discoid Lupus Erythematosus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A solution or suspension composed of active and inert ingredient(s) in an anionic surfactant and intended for administration to the hair and/or scalp.

(Medicated Shampoo Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

Giant cell arteritis is a disorder that causes inflammation of arteries of the scalp, neck, and arms.

(Giant Cell Arteritis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

A brief seizure is induced by giving electrical stimulation to the brain through electrodes placed on the scalp.

(ECT, NCI Dictionary)