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ligation

DEFINITIONS OF: ligation

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n (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery)

Types:
tubal ligation
a sterilization procedure with women; both Fallopian tubes are tied in two places and the tubes removed in between the ligations
Type of:
ligature, tying
the act of tying or binding things together
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