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

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

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

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

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

Once the infection of the navel cord has set in, the cord should not be ligated but should be washed in a disinfectant solution and a veterinarian called for the subsequent treatment.

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

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

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

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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