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Definition of Ligatures
1. ligature [v] - See also: ligature
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ligatures
Literary usage of Ligatures
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The letters are joined by ligatures which allowed the writer to write flowingly
without raising his calamus after each letter. This writing is chiefly used ..."
2. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1898)
"Suture material and ligatures should be of that material which is easiest sterilized
and which combines great strength in a small bulk. ..."
3. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1878)
"TENDON ligatures. At a recent meeting of the Clinical Society of London, Mr.
CALLENDER, the President, exhibited some specimens of tendon ligatures, ..."
4. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1912)
"The silk compresses were removed, and the ribs approximated by two silk ligatures.
Then the muscles were united by continuous sutures. ..."
5. Medical and Surgical Reporter (1855)
"ligatures of Arteries.—By WJC DUHAMEL, MD HAVING been prompted by some degree of
curiosity to investigate the application of various ligatures, ..."
6. Manual of Operative Surgery by John Fairbairn Binnie (1916)
"Thick celluloid hemp ligatures are not so easily drawn into a tight knot as are
... He prepares his ligatures as follows: Soak the silk in ether for twelve ..."
7. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1857)
"Sir Astley Cooper recommended the ligatures should not be drawn tight, thinking
thereby to lessen the pain and irritation, but induced that which ho was ..."
8. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1839)
"From this period he continued to employ animal ligatures almost exclusively ...
I regret that notwithstanding the advantages which these ligatures possess, ..."
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