ligate

American  

[lahy-geyt] / ˈlaɪ geɪt /

verb (used with object)

ligated, ligating

1. to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).

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ligate British  

/ ˈlɪɡətɪv, ˈlaɪɡeɪt /

verb

1. (tr) to tie up or constrict (something) with a ligature

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Other Word Forms

• ligation
  noun
• ligative
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of ligate

1590–1600; < Latin ligātus (past participle of ligāre to tie, bind); see -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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

I know there are professors in this country who "ligate" arteries.

From Medical Essays, 1842-1882 by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

If the bleeding cannot otherwise be arrested it may be necessary to ligate the external carotid artery.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

Secondary hæmorrhage is much more difficult to arrest on account of the friable state of the tissues, and it may be necessary to ligate the lingual or even the external carotid in the neck.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

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 Flower, Sydney Blanshard