"ligation" meaning in English

See ligation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-ligation.wav Forms: ligations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin ligatio, ligationis, from Latin ligo. Doublet of liaison. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leyǵ-}}, {{bor|en|LL.|ligatio|ligatio, ligationis}} Late Latin ligatio, ligationis, {{der|en|la|ligo}} Latin ligo, {{doublet|en|liaison}} Doublet of liaison Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ligation (countable and uncountable, plural ligations)
  1. Something that ties, a ligature. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (something that ties): sidos (Finnish), sidonta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-ligation-en-noun-CyAihtX8 Disambiguation of 'something that ties': 82 5 4 7 1
  2. The act of tying, of applying a ligature. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of tying): sitominen (Finnish), sidonta (Finnish), ligering (Norwegian)
    Sense id: en-ligation-en-noun-EIQQZxUa Disambiguation of 'act of tying': 6 52 4 37 1
  3. The state of having a ligature, of being tied. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state of being tied): sidonta (Finnish), sidottuna oleminen (english: being) (Finnish), sidotuksi tuleminen (english: becoming) (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-ligation-en-noun-7pxhnp8V Disambiguation of 'state of being tied': 6 5 55 27 7
  4. (surgery) The act of tying off or sealing a blood vessel, fallopian tube, etc during surgery; act of ligating. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Surgery Translations (medicine: act of tying off or sealing a blood vessel, etc): tukkiminen (Finnish), απολίνωση (apolínosi) [feminine] (Greek), ligasi (Indonesian), pengikatan (Indonesian)
    Sense id: en-ligation-en-noun-9KegRF1j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 8 10 55 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 10 10 57 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 8 9 60 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 5 5 70 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 11 14 49 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 13 11 12 40 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 14 11 14 49 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 14 11 14 49 11 Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery Disambiguation of 'medicine: act of tying off or sealing a blood vessel, etc': 4 15 4 75 3
  5. (chemistry) The formation of a complex by reaction with a ligand. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (chemistry: formation of a complex by reaction with a ligand): liitäntä (Finnish), sidoksen muodostuminen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-ligation-en-noun-TAkDlQDz Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'chemistry: formation of a complex by reaction with a ligand': 3 2 3 2 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: autoligation, crossligation, heteroligation, misligation, polyligation, religation, tubal ligation, vasoligation Related terms: colligation

Inflected forms

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