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ligation

noun
/lɪˈɡeɪʃən/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ligatio, ligationis, from Latin ligo. Doublet of liaison.

  1. derived from ligo
  2. borrowed from ligatio

Definitions

  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. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The act of tying off or sealing a blood vessel, fallopian tube, etc during surgery

      The act of tying off or sealing a blood vessel, fallopian tube, etc during surgery; act of ligating.

    2. The formation of a complex by reaction with a ligand.

The neighborhood

Derived

autoligation, crossligation, heteroligation, misligation, photoligation, polyligation, postligation, religation, tubal ligation, vasoligation

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA