ligation
English
noun
Definitions
- Something that ties, a ligature.
- The act of tying, of applying a ligature.
- The state of having a ligature, of being tied.
- (medicine) The act of tying off or sealing a blood vessel or fallopian tube during surgery.
- (chemistry) The formation of a complex by reaction with a ligand.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ligatio, ligationis, ligo (bind).
Origin
Latin
ligo
Gloss
bind
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autoligation English
- crossligation English
- heteroligation English
- misligation English
- polyligation English
- postligation English
- religation English
- vasoligation English
- ligatio, ligationem Latin
- ligatio, ligationis Latin
- ligo Latin
- subligo Latin
- *leyǵ- Proto-Indo-European