| ligation | | |
| n. (act) | 1. ligation | (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery). |
| ~ tubal ligation | a sterilization procedure with women; both Fallopian tubes are tied in two places and the tubes removed in between the ligations. |
| ~ tying, ligature | the act of tying or binding things together. |
| ~ surgery | the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures.; "he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School" |
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