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Word: Ligation
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from late Latin ligatio(n-), from the verb ligare (see ligate)
lɪˈɡeɪʃn
the surgical procedure of tying a ligature tightly around a blood vessel or other duct or tube in the body
Short Definition:surgical procedure of tying ligature tightly around blood vessel or other duct or tube in body
Examples:- the ligation of the cystic duct
the joining of two DNA strands or other molecules by a phosphate ester linkage.
Short Definition:joining of two DNA strands or other molecules by phosphate ester linkage
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