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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).


ligate British  
/ ˈlaɪɡeɪt /

verb

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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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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

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 Alexander Miles

Treatment.—The only treatment advisable is to extirpate or ligate the tumor above and below.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener

If hæmorrhage takes place from the ulcerated surface and cannot be controlled by adrenalin, or other local styptics, it may be necessary to ligate the lingual, or even the external carotid artery.

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

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

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

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

From Nature ● Sep. 19, 2017

In brief, 1 μg genomic DNA was fragmented and ligated with adaptors using TruSeq DNA libraries.

From Nature ● Aug. 1, 2017

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

From Time Magazine Archive

They may be shelled out, or ligated at the base and cut off, according to circumstances.

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

Extirpation of the Sac—The Old Operation.—The procedure which goes by this name consists in exposing the aneurysm, incising the sac, clearing out the clots, and ligating the artery above and below 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

The square knot is the one used by surgeons in ligating vessels and securing bandages.

From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell

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