petrifaction vs transfixion

petrifaction

noun
  • Petrification. 

  • An object that has become petrified. 

  • The condition of being petrified. 

transfixion

noun
  • In amputation, passing the knife from side to side through tissue close to the bone and dividing muscles outward. 

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