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
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
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
Among the Islanders they sometimes ligate the prepuce so that it drops off.
From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Peter Charles Remondino
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
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
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
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
Once an artery has been ligated or repaired, the collateral blood vessels can be stimulated by: ?
From Time Magazine Archive
Because of distension of vessels during cough, all but the tiniest vessels should be ligated.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
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
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
The square knot is the one used by surgeons in ligating vessels and securing bandages.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
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
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
