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