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Word: ligation (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • medicine The act of tying off or sealing a blood vessel or fallopian tube during surgery.
  • Something that ties, a ligature.
  • The act of tying, of applying a ligature.
  • The state of having a ligature, of being tied.

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