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ligations

ligations is the plural of ligation.

Meaning of ligation

Noun

ligation (countable and uncountable, plural ligations)

  1. Something that ties, a ligature.
  2. The act of tying, of applying a ligature.
  3. The state of having a ligature, of being tied.
  4. The act of tying off or sealing a blood vessel, fallopian tube, etc during surgery; act of ligating.
  5. The formation of a complex by reaction with a ligand.

Phrases with ligations

Questions about ligations

What is ligations the plural of?
Ligations is the plural of ligation.

Words near ligations in the dictionary

  1. ligate
  2. ligated
  3. ligates
  4. ligating
  5. ligation
  6. ligations
  7. ligative
  8. ligator
  9. ligators
  10. ligatural
  11. ligature

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ligations (page history and authors); ligation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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