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Examples of ligation in a Sentence
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Tubal ligation or sterilization involves cutting, tying or removing the fallopian tubes to prevent sperm from reaching the eggs.
—Barbara Mantel, NBC News, 12 Apr. 2024
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Tubal ligation procedures increased twice as much as vasectomies, according to the study published Friday in JAMA Health Forum.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
Simon Gutierrez, a PacifiCorp spokesperson, said the utility has not requested recovery of those costs from ratepayers and is requesting the commission take no action on the filing until the ligation is concluded.
—Tsicking, oregonlive, 16 June 2023
Both said their agencies do not comment on pending ligation.
—Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2023
Tubal Ligation Tubal ligation is a permanent method of birth control.
—Dawn Stacey, Phd, Lmhc, Verywell Health, 1 Apr. 2023
Black women were counseled toward ligation more frequently, out of the belief their supposed hyper-fertility would be socially and economically damaging.
—Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2021
This includes a technique developed more than a decade ago called seamless ligation of nucleic acids, or Slice, which uses bacterial enzymes to join DNA fragments.
—WIRED, 1 Nov. 2022
Tubal ligation and bilateral salpingectomy are surgical procedures (typically outpatient) that will require general anesthesia.
—Lane Gillespie, SELF, 29 Sep. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing ligation
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Cite this Entry
“Ligation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ligation. Accessed 24 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
ligation
noun
li·ga·tion
lī-ˈgā-shən
: the act of tying a bodily part (as a blood vessel) with a ligature
Medical Definition
ligation
noun
li·ga·tion
lī-ˈgā-shən
1
a
: the surgical process of tying up an anatomical channel (as a blood vessel)
b
: the process of joining together chemical chains (as of DNA or protein)
2
: something that binds : ligature
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