Medical term:
transfix
transfix
[trans-fiks´]to pierce through or impale.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
trans·fix
(trans'fiks),To pierce with a sharp instrument.
[L. trans-figo, pp. -fixus, to pierce through, fr. figo, to fasten]
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transfix
(trăns-fĭks′) [″ + figere, to fix]To pierce through or impale with a sharp instrument.
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transfixion
[trans-fik´shun]a cutting through from within outward, as in amputation.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
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)]
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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]
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