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What is the noun for transfixions?

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transfixion
  1. (surgery) In amputation, passing the knife from side to side through tissue close to the bone and dividing muscles outward.
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    1. “This may be made by transfixion at its base, but is better obtained by dissection from without.”
      “In a fit of jealousy, he attempted to stab her, and Gabrielli was only saved from transfixion by the whalebone of her stays.”
      “Making the long flap by transfixion, it may be held back by an assistant, and the joint cut into.”
transfix
  1. (linguistics) A discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word, typical of Semitic languages.
transfixions
transfixes
  1. plural of transfix
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