ligate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of ligate
1590–1600; < Latin ligātus (past participle of ligāre to tie, bind); see -ate 1
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Spliceosomes bind to the signals that mark the exon/intron border to remove the introns and ligate the exons together.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
He may ligate, that is to say, tie off, the tubes that connect with one testis, or the other, or both; he may not ligate at all.
From The Goat-gland Transplantation As Originated and Successfully Performed by J. R. Brinkley, M. D., of Milford, Kansas, U. S. A., in Over 600 Operations Upon Men and Women by Sydney Blanshard Flower
Medical authorities tell him to do coeliotomy at once, ligate the uterine and ovarian arteries, and remove the foetus.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley
The treatment is to ligate the common carotid or the vertebral artery in the neck, according to the seat of the aneurysm.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
If profuse hæmorrhage occurs it may be necessary to ligate the main artery lower in the neck.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
The NHCs developed in this study play significant roles in stabilizing unstable molecules as well as enhancing the performance of their ligated transition metal complexes.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2023
For the 1-month-old mouse samples, N6 human samples, as well as the non-N6 and non-N37 human samples, we used custom 3-bp barcodes that were inserted at the ligated end of the adapters.
From Nature ● Oct. 10, 2017
In brief, 1 μg genomic DNA was fragmented and ligated with adaptors using TruSeq DNA libraries.
From Nature ● Aug. 1, 2017
Once an artery has been ligated or repaired, the collateral blood vessels can be stimulated by: ?
From Time Magazine Archive
The spleen protruded, and the protruding part was ligated by a silver wire, one-half of the organ sloughing off; the patient recovered.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Simply put, with this model, periodontal disease is artificially induced by ligating silk threads onto the molars of mice models, which induces plaque accumulation.
From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024
Many cases require ligating, which is almost entirely confined to arteries.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
However, probably ligating is meant instead of severing.
From The Goat-gland Transplantation As Originated and Successfully Performed by J. R. Brinkley, M. D., of Milford, Kansas, U. S. A., in Over 600 Operations Upon Men and Women by Sydney Blanshard Flower
This is carried out on the same lines as for aneurysmal varix, and at the same time incising the sac, turning out the clots, and ligating any branches which open into the sac.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
This will be very painful from beginning to end of the ligating, but any, even the most sensitive, patient can bear it.
From An Epitome of the Homeopathic Healing Art Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time by B. L. (Benjamin L.) Hill
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