Crossword clues for ligate
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ligate \Li"gate\ (l[imac]"g[=a]t), v. t. [L. ligatus, p. p. of ligare.]
To tie with a ligature; to bind around; to bandage.
(Molecular biology) To concatenate two strands of (nucleic acid, usually DNA), in an end-to-end fashion, using a ligase.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, from Latin ligatus, past participle of ligare "to bind" (see ligament). Related: Ligated; ligating.
Wiktionary
vb. (context transitive English) To bind with a ligature or bandage.
WordNet
v. join letters in a ligature when writing
bind chemically; "The enzyme ligated"
bind with a bandage or ligature; "ligate the artery"
Usage examples of "ligate".
It was a bicephalous child that lived thirty-two hours after he had ligated one of its heads.
The facial and carotid arteries had to be ligated and part of the inferior maxilla removed, but the patient insisted upon having the operations performed without an anesthetic, and afterward informed the operator that she had experienced great pleasure throughout the whole procedure.
The broad ligaments and Fallopian tubes were ligated on either side, the tumor turned out, the thick, heavy pedicle transfixed and ligated, and the enormous growth cut away.
Successfully ligated two arteries, but the anterior interosseus escaped me, being retracted into the flesh after I sawed through the bones.
Braman did not find it necessary to ligate, but was able to check the hemorrhage with lint and persulphate of iron, in powder, with pressure.
Successfully ligated two arteries, but the anterior interosseus escaped me, being retracted into the flesh after I sawed through the bones.
These were controlled by diathermy, but the pectoral vessels running down the border of pectoralis major were ligated.
Removed thumb at base of metacarpal, ligated remains of radial artery (crushed in original injury) and superficialis volae.