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Word: Ligate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late 16th century: from Latin ligat- ‘tied’, from the verb ligare
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
lɪˈɡeɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
tie up (an artery or vessel)
Short Definition:tie up
Examples:- the uterine artery was ligated
Definition:
join (molecules or molecular fragments) together with a new chemical bond
Short Definition:join molecules in chemical bond
Examples:- we ligated these proteins to create three triangular nanostructures
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