English
transfixion
From transfix + -ion.
A compound of transfix + -ion
Latin figō ‘to pierce’
Latin transfigō ‘to pierce through’
Old French transfixer
Middle French transfixer
English transfix
Today it means
noun In amputation, passing the knife from side to side through tissue close to the bone and dividing muscles outward.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / transfixion