ligation

[lahy-gey-shuhn]

noun

1. the act of ligating, especially of surgically tying up a bleeding artery.

2. anything that binds or ties up; ligature.

Other Word Forms

• ligative adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ligation¹

1590–1600; < Late Latin ligātiōn- (stem of ligātiō ), equivalent to Latin ligāt ( us ) ( ligate ) + -iōn- -ion

Related Words

• association 
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