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ligation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ligation has 1 sense
- ligation(n = noun.act) Array - (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery); Array has particulars: tubal ligation
is a kind of ligature, tying
Derived form verb ligate3
CIDE DICTIONARY
ligation, n. [L. ligatio, fr. ligare to bind. Cf. Liaison.].
- The act of binding, or the state of being bound. [1913 Webster]
- That which binds; bond; connection. [1913 Webster]"Tied with tape, and sealed at each fold and ligation." [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
ligation
Junction
N junction, joining, joinder, union connection, conjunction, conjugation, annexion, annexation, annexment, astriction, attachment, compagination, vincture, ligation, alligation, accouplement, marriage infibulation, inosculation, symphysis, anastomosis, confluence, communication, concatenation, meeting, reunion, assemblage, coition, copulation, sex, sexual congress, sexual conjunction, sexual intercourse, love-making, joint, joining, juncture, pivot, hinge, articulation, commissure, seam, gore, gusset, suture, stitch, link, miter mortise, closeness, tightness coherence, combination, annexationist, joined, joint, conjoint, conjunct, corporate, compact, hand in hand, firm, fast, close, tight, taut, taught, secure, set, intervolved, inseparable, indissoluble, insecable, severable, jointly, in conjunction with, fast, firmly intimately, tria juncta in uno.
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