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transfixion

[trans-fik´shun]

a cutting through from within outward, as in amputation.

trans·fix·ion

(trans-fik'shŭn),

A maneuver in 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.

[L. transfixio (see transfix)]

transfixion

/trans·fix·ion/ (-fik´shun) a cutting through from within outward, as in amputation.

trans·fix·ion

(trans-fik'shŭn)

A maneuver in 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 in an outward direction.

[L. transfixio, transfix]

transfixion

a method of amputation in which the knife is passed directly through the soft parts, the cutting being done from within outward.

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