Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In surgery, an instrument used to place and fasten a ligature.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Surg.) An instrument for ligating, or for placing and fastening a ligature.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
surgical instrument forligating , or for placing and fastening aligature .
Etymologies
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See ligate.
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Examples
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REESE, A. M.: The Development of the A.erican A.ligator.
Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator C. M. [Illustrator] Reese
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