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