ligation

English Thesaurus

1. (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery) (noun.act)

hypernym	:	ligature, tying,
definition	:	the act of tying or binding things together (noun.act)

hyponym	:	tubal ligation,
definition	:	a sterilization procedure with women; both Fallopian tubes are tied in two places and the tubes removed in between the ligations (noun.act)

domain category	:	surgery,
definition	:	the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	ligate,
definition	:	bind with a bandage or ligature (verb.body)

derivation	:	ligate,
definition	:	bind with a bandage or ligature (verb.body)