ligation

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

ligation (countable and uncountable, plural ligations)

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.

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 or fallopian tube

Finnish: tukkiminen (fi)

chemistry: formation of a complex by reaction with a ligand

Finnish: liitäntä, sidoksen muodostuminen

Anagrams

intaglio, logitian, taglioni

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