ligation

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

ligation (countable and uncountable, plural ligations)

1. Something that ties, a ligature.
2. The act of tying, of applying a ligature.
3. The state of having a ligature, of being tied.
4. (surgery) The act of tying off or sealing a blood vessel, fallopian tube, etc during surgery; act of ligating.
5. (chemistry) The formation of a complex by reaction with a ligand.

Derived terms

• autoligation
• crossligation
• heteroligation
• misligation
• polyligation
• religation
• tubal ligation
• vasoligation

 

Translations

something that ties

• Finnish: sidos (fi), sidonta (fi)

act of tying

• Finnish: sitominen (fi), sidonta (fi)
• Norwegian: ligering

state of being tied

• Finnish: sidonta (fi), sidottuna oleminen (being); sidotuksi tuleminen (becoming)

medicine: act of tying off or sealing a blood vessel, etc

• Finnish: tukkiminen (fi)
• Greek: απολίνωση (el) f (apolínosi)
• Indonesian: ligasi (id), pengikatan

chemistry: formation of a complex by reaction with a ligand

• Finnish: liitäntä (fi), sidoksen muodostuminen

See also

• colligation

Anagrams

• intaglio, logitian, taglioni