ligate
English Thesaurus
1. bind with a bandage or ligature (verb.body)
| hypernym | : | bandage, |
| definition | : | dress by covering or binding (verb.body) |
| domain category | : | surgery, |
| definition | : | the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures (noun.cognition) |
2. bind chemically (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | bind, |
| definition | : | form a chemical bond with (verb.change) |
| domain category | : | chemical science, chemistry, |
| definition | : | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions (noun.cognition) |
3. join letters in a ligature when writing (verb.contact)
4. bind with a bandage or ligature (verb.body)
| derivation | : | ligation, |
| definition | : | (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery) (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | ligature, tying, |
| definition | : | the act of tying or binding things together (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | ligature, |
| definition | : | thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood) (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | ligation, |
| definition | : | (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery) (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | ligature, tying, |
| definition | : | the act of tying or binding things together (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | ligature, |
| definition | : | thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood) (noun.artifact) |
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