TRANSFIXION
\tɹansfˈɪkʃən], \tɹansfˈɪkʃən], \t_ɹ_a_n_s_f_ˈɪ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
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By Noah Webster.
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A maneuver in a method of amputation in which the knife is passed from side to side through the soft parts, close to the bone and the muscles are then divided from within outward.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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Piercing through; (Surg.) amputation by piercing transversely& cutting outwards.
By Sir Augustus Henry
