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noun

Ligature n.

The act of binding.

Anything that binds; a band or bandage.

(Surg.)

(a)

A thread or string for tying the blood vessels, particularly the arteries, to prevent hemorrhage.

(b)

A thread or wire used to remove tumors, etc.

The state of being bound or stiffened; stiffness; as, the ligature of a joint.

Impotence caused by magic or charms. (Obs.)

(Mus.) A curve or line connecting notes; a slur.

(Print.) A double character, or a type consisting of two or more letters or characters united.

verb

Ligature v. t. (Surg.) To ligate; to tie.

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Etymology of 'Ligature'

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"Ligature" Quotes from Famous Books

... certain experiments. Ligatures are either very tight or of middling tightness. A ligature I designate as tight, or perfect, when it is drawn so close about an extremity that no vessel can be felt pulsating beyond it. Such ligatures are employed in the removal of tumours; and in these cases, all afflux of nutriment ...

— The World's Greatest Books - Volume 15 - Science • Various

... their set as out of it, that their children are as far advanced in this particular at fifteen, as the children of middling people at twenty-five. The petticoat-string by which the youth of the non-fashionable class is tied to their mother, is a ligature not in use among the fashionable world; from the earliest period professional persons are employed in their education, and the mother never shows in the matter. Whether this, or any other peculiarity of the class, be an advantage or a disadvantage, ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 - Vol. 53, January, 1843 • Various

... the rain fell as during that gloomy night when Cecily fled forever from the notary's house. Extended on a bed in his sleeping apartment, feebly lighted by a lamp, Jacques Ferrand was dressed in black trousers and vest; one of the sleeves of his shirt was turned back, and a ligature around his attenuated arm announced that he had just been bled. Polidori was standing near the bed, with one hand on the bolster, and appeared to regard the features of ...

— Mysteries of Paris, V3 • Eugene Sue

... ligature is ae. a grave is a. multiply sign is x. degree symbol is deg. micro symbol is u fractional half is .5 fractional three ...

— The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise - Its Habitat and its Time of Growth • M. E. Hard

... and on the outer aspect of the limb in the upper third. The bullet had apparently passed between the bones. Secondary haemorrhage from the anterior tibial artery necessitated exploration of the wound and ligature of the vessel (Mr. Carre). When the wound was thus laid open no injury to the bones could be detected, but I do not consider that it could be actually excluded. In the second case a wound traversed the calf transversely, just above the centre; the exit aperture was large and ragged. Deep suppuration ...

— Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 • George Henry Makins

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