transfixion noun. [trans'fɪkʃ(ǝ)n, trɑ:ns-, -nz-] E17.
[from TRANSFIX: see -ION.]
1. The action of transfixing, the state of being transfixed. E17.

2. Medicine. A method of amputation by piercing a limb transversely and cutting outward from within. Now rare or obsolete. L19.

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