Meaning

5 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)Something that ties, a ligature.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of tying, of applying a ligature.

    (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery)

  3. (countable, uncountable)The state of having a ligature, of being tied.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The act of tying off or sealing a blood vessel, fallopian tube, etc during surgery; act of ligating.

  5. (countable, uncountable)The formation of a complex by reaction with a ligand.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. I had a tubal ligation.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

Borrowed from Late Latin ligatio, ligationis, from Latin ligo. Doublet of liaison.

Borrowed from Late Latin ligatio, ligationis, from Latin ligo. Doublet of liaison.

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Forms

plural: ligations
Singularligation
Pluralligations

regular

Word family

12 related words
Relatedcolligationligate
Derivedautoligationcrossligationheteroligationmisligationphotoligationpolyligationpostligationreligationtubal ligationvasoligation

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
liftB1lifterligamentligaturelightA1

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