transfixion

The act of transfixing, or piercing through; the act of piercing and thus fastening.

The state of being transfixed or pierced.

In surgery, a method of amputating by piercing the limb transversely with the knife and cutting from within outward.

The act of transfixing, or the state of being transfixed, or pierced.

(in amputation) passing the knife from side to side through tissue close to the bone and dividing muscles outward