ligate

American  

[lahy-gayt] / 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  

/ ˈlaɪɡeɪt /

verb

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

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Other Word Forms

• ligation
  noun
• ligative
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of ligate

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

ligate ligated ligating

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

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

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.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

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

From Medical Essays, 1842-1882 by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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 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

One micrgram of digested DNA was fragmented using the Covaris system and ligated with adaptors using TruSeq DNA libraries.

From Nature ● Sep. 19, 2017

There is small danger of gangrene if the accompanying vein is also ligated.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bleeding vessels are then sought for and ligated, the wound being enlarged if necessary.

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

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

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 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

This complication is not usually serious, and can be prevented and controlled by observing proper precautions in cutting off the cord, or by picking up the cut ends of the vessel and ligating it.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.

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

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