Synonyms for ligature

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lig-uh-cher, -choo r

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɪg ə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər

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Définition of ligature

Origin : c.1400, "something used in tying or binding," from Middle French ligature (14c.), from Late Latin ligatura "a band," from Latin ligatus, past participle of ligare "to bind" (see ligament). In musical notation from 1590s; of letters joined in printing or writing from 1690s.

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Example sentences :

The old operation, or ligature of the gluteal artery in the hip.
Extract from : « A Manual of the Operations of Surgery » by Joseph Bell

To illustrate this opinion, his work on the ligature may be taken.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 7 » by Various

When going to bleed at the ankle the ligature is to be applied at the knee.
Extract from : « Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times » by John Stewart Milne

To prevent any injury, the ligature should be brought away first, and then the catheter.
Extract from : « A System of Midwifery » by Edward Rigby

Here a wounded officer was brought in for whom a ligature was wanted.
Extract from : « Saragossa » by Benito Prez Galds

He should not trust to the pressure of a tourniquet, but secure it at once by ligature.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Gunshot Wounds » by Thomas Longmore

After a surgeon had had a few deaths of this kind he dreaded the ligature.
Extract from : « Medieval Medicine » by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

The fate of this tissue and of the ligature has been the subject of much speculation.
Extract from : « A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4) » by Various

The youth's features were tightened by a smile that was like the ligature of a wound.
Extract from : « Tales Of Men And Ghosts » by Edith Wharton

As a rule, the patient's only hope is in operation with ligature of the torn artery.
Extract from : « Essays In Pastoral Medicine » by Austin Malley

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