English Explanatory Dictionary

transfixion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In amputation, passing the knife from side to side through tissue close to the bone and dividing muscles outward.

Pronunciation

/tɹænsˈfɪk.ʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-transfixion.wav

Word forms

transfixion transfixions

Etymology

From transfix + -ion.

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