"autoligation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: autoligations [plural]
Etymology: From auto- + ligation. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|auto|ligation}} auto- + ligation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} autoligation (countable and uncountable, plural autoligations)
  1. (surgery) The act of ligating something to itself Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Surgery
    Sense id: en-autoligation-en-noun-svd9NTHO Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
  2. (biochemistry) autocatalysis of the ligation of an enzyme Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biochemistry
    Sense id: en-autoligation-en-noun-42yAshSI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with auto-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with auto-: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 56 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: autoligate

Inflected forms

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