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Definition of Ligate

1. Verb. Join letters in a ligature when writing.

2. Verb. Bind chemically. "The enzyme ligated"

3. Verb. Bind with a bandage or ligature. "Ligate the artery"

Definition of Ligate

1. v. t. To tie with a ligature; to bind around; to bandage.

Definition of Ligate

1. Verb. (transitive) To bind with a ligature or bandage. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ligate

1. to bind [v -GATED, -GATING, -GATES] - See also: bind

Medical Definition of Ligate

1. To tie. As, for example, the surgeon ligated the artery. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ligate

ligand binding site ligand field theory ligand induced endocytosis liganded ligandin ligandless ligandlike ligandome ligandomes ligands

ligans ligase ligase amplification reaction ligases ligate (current term) ligated ligates ligatin ligating ligating module

ligation ligations ligative ligator ligators ligature ligature point ligature points ligature wire

Literary usage of Ligate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lancet-clinic by Mississippi Valley Medical Association, Ohio Valley Medical Association (1908)
"1, amputate, peritoneal cuff, ligate, cautery in clean cases and in acute also when ... 1, in acute cases ligate with catgut, carbolic, interval usually ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1868)
"... when the vessels were small and the wound so situated that it was difficult or inexpedient to ligate the artery ; applying the dry sponge firmly to the ..."

3. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington (1855)
"... ligate in his morals, or a bad member of the civil community, can possibly be a true Christian, or a credit to his own religious society. ..."

4. Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York by William H. Steele, Charles Elliott Fitch (1900)
"ligate the subject, to take it up to-morrow and try and dispose of it, before we leave the city over Sunday. If there is anything difficult, ..."

5. German-English Medical Dictionary by Joseph R. Waller, Max Weiss (1890)
"Unterbinden, v., to ligate; to bind up. Unterbindung, f., ligation; bandaging; ligature. ... ligate ..."

6. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1903)
"... the torcular end is sound and a cord is forming down the neck, the vein should be tied and divided. When to ligate the Internal Jugular Vein in Cases of ..."

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