transfixationn.
rare.
Used for transfixion n. (sense b).
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primary amputation1828
secondary amputation1837
self-amputation1849
transfixion1872
transfixation1889
1889 Lancet 9 Feb. 273/1 Had it [the nævus] been treated by the old method of transfixation and ligature, the infant would not improbably have sunk.
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