transfixion

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

transfix +‎ -ion

Noun[edit]

transfixion (countable and uncountable, plural transfixions)

(surgery) In amputation, passing the knife from side to side through tissue close to the bone and dividing muscles outward.

French[edit]

Noun[edit]

transfixion f (plural transfixions)

transfixion

Further reading[edit]

“transfixion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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