Definition of Ligation

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

Specialized synonyms: Tubal Ligation
Generic synonyms: Ligature, Tying
Category relationships: Surgery
Derivative terms: Ligate

Definition of Ligation

1. n. The act of binding, or the state of being bound.

Definition of Ligation

1. Noun. Something that ties, a ligature. ¹

2. Noun. The act of tying, of applying a ligature. ¹

3. Noun. The state of having a ligature, of being tied. ¹

4. Noun. (medicine) The act of tying off or sealing a blood vessel or fallopian tube during surgery. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ligation

1. the act of ligating [n -S] : LIGATIVE [adj]

Medical Definition of Ligation

1. A process where an archwire is attached to the brackets on your teeth. (08 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ligation

ligandless
ligandlike
ligandome
ligandomes
ligands
ligans
ligase
ligase amplification reaction
ligases
ligate
ligated
ligates
ligatin
ligating
ligating module
ligation (current term)
ligations
ligative
ligator
ligators
ligature
ligature point
ligature points
ligature wire
ligatured
ligatureless
ligatures
ligaturing
ligeance
ligeances

Literary usage of Ligation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1909)
"The ligation of an artery signifies the constriction of the artery by means of a ... A ligation may be "terminal," where the cut end of an artery is tied; ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"ligation of the Common Carotid. ... beginning at the point of ligation and extending more or less into the region of the cerebral arteries. ..."

3. The Principles and Practice of Surgery by John Ashhurst (1882)
".V'.1« ligation of, 201, 671, 572 intra-thoracic inflammation after, 657 temporal, ligation of. 'J01 thyroid, ligation of, ..."

4. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1895)
"Barwell has shown that when the aneurism is purely axillary three out of four cases treated by ligation of the third portion of the subclavian artery ..."

5. Operative Surgery by John Shelton Horsley (1921)
"CHAPTER VII REVERSAL or THE CIRCULATION ..................... 92 CHAPTER VIII ligation OF BLOOD VESSELS ...................... 97 ligation of the ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Ligation on Dictionary.com!Search for Ligation on Thesaurus.com!Search for Ligation on Google!Search for Ligation on Wikipedia!

Search