Meaning & use
Ligating
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Tying off a blood vessel or duct with a ligature, typically during surgery.
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The surgeon spent several minutes ligating small vessels before closing the incision.
Ligating the bleeding artery quickly stopped the hemorrhage.
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Ligating comes from the Latin 'ligare,' meaning 'to bind,' the same root shared by 'ligament' and 'ligature.'
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tying offbinding
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