Word Finder - ligature

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The act of tying or binding something.

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A cord or similar thing used to tie something; especially the thread used in surgery to close a vessel or duct.

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A thread or wire used to remove tumours, etc.

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The state of being bound or stiffened; stiffness.

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the ligature of a joint

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A character that visually combines multiple letters, such as æ, œ, ß or ij; also logotype. Sometimes called a typographic ligature.

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A group of notes played as a phrase, or the curved line that indicates such a phrase.

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A curve or line connecting notes; a slur.

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A piece used to hold a reed to the mouthpiece on woodwind instruments.

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Impotence caused by magic or charms.

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To ligate; to tie.

Do not keep the ligature longer than half an hour.

Apply a ligature above, not on the top of, the situation of the bite, twist the string tightly with a stick.

The cause of death was given as a ligature round the neck and assistant coroner Mr Michael Charman recorded a verdict of suicide.

The officer removed the ligature and provided first aid which saved the mans life.

In large vessels it is usual to pass a ligature round the vessel and tie it with a reef-knot.

Also, in some scripts, certain character sequences can be represented by a single shape, called a ligature.

She had sustained multiple scalp wounds and had a ligature around her neck, although the ligature had not caused her death.

The distal ligature is knotted and the ends of the proximal ligature are held without knotting.

Do you know if it's all possible to make a ligature from the letters g and s?

Welch produced oedema of the lungs experimentally by increasing the pressure in the pulmonary vessels by ligature of the aorta and its branches, but this raised the blood pressure only about one-tenth of an atmosphere, while in some of Loeb's experiments the osmotic pressure, due to retained metabolic products, was equal to over thirty atmospheres.

Apply the ligature, if possible, at the bleeding point, tying both ends of the cut vessel.

Then let the circulation return, and apply the ligature again.

In any case do not keep the ligature on for more than an hour for fear of gangrene.

The outer bark of each being removed, the two shoots are kept in contact by ligature until union is established, when the scion is completely severed from its original attachments.

He also found that bleeding could be stopped by using a ligature.

Haemorrhage has been classified as - (I) primary, occurring at the time of the injury; (2) reactionary, or within twenty-four hours of the accident, during the stage of reaction; (3) secondary, occurring at a later period and caused by faulty application of a ligature or septic condition of the wound.

This dilatation may be increased by local warmth, and poultices or fomentations are commonly applied to inflamed parts; recently suction apparatus has been used for the same purpose or ligature so as to cause venous stasis (Bier's treatment).