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Surgical procedure that features binding
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ligation
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Something that ties, a ligature. 2 The act of tying, of applying a ligature. 3 The state of having a ligature, of being tied. 4 (context medicine English) The act of tying off or sealing a blood vessel or fallopian tube during surgery. 5 (context chemistry ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, from Middle French ligation , from Late Latin ligationem (nominative ligatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of ligare "to bind" (see ligament ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ligation \Li*ga"tion\ (l[-i]*g[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. ligatio, fr. ligare to bind. Cf. Liaison .] The act of binding, or the state of being bound. That which binds; bond; connection. Tied with tape, and sealed at each fold and ligation. --Sir W. Scott.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery)
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ligation may refer to: Ligation (molecular biology) , the covalent linking of two ends of DNA or RNA molecules, most commonly done using DNA ligase , RNA ligase (ATP) or other enzymes. In medicine, the making of a ligature (tie) Chemical ligation , the ...
Usage examples of ligation.
A small nick in the axillary vessel, a quick ligation of the ductus itself with a number-8 silk ligature.
Ehrlich, Ficker, Klein, Rodforffer, and the Ephemerides, all record instances in which a large tongue was removed either by ligation or amputation.
Veda: among them his divine birth is that which is distinguished by the ligation of the zone and sacrificial cord, and in that birth the Gayatri is his mother, and the Acharya his father.
This the obscure artist calls conjunction, sublimation, assation, extraction, putrefaction, ligation, desponsation, subtilization, generation, etc.
Flickman now was advocating mandatory tubal ligations for all single mothers applying for food stamps.
I tried to concentrate on what Blanche was saying, but all I could think about was that even at my age, a tubal ligation probably wasn't out of the question.