Definitions for ligature

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ligature lig·a·ture

Spelling: [lig-uh-cher, -choo r]

IPA: /ˈlɪg ə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər/

Ligature is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 364 anagrams from letters in ligature (aegilrtu).

Definitions for ligature

noun

1. the act of binding or tying up:
2. anything that serves for binding or tying up, as a band, bandage, or cord.
3. a tie or bond:
4. Printing, Orthography. a stroke or bar connecting two letters.
5. Printing. a character or type combining two or more letters, as fl and ƕ.
6. Music. slur. a group of notes connected by a slur. a metal band for securing the reed of a clarinet or saxophone to the mouthpiece.
7. Surgery. a thread or wire for constriction of blood vessels or for removing tumors by strangulation.

verb (used with object)

1. to bind with a ligature; tie up; ligate.

Origin of ligature

First recorded in 1350-1400; Middle English word from Late Latin word ligātūra. See ligate, -ure

Examples for ligature

The fate of this tissue and of the ligature has been the subject of much speculation.

To illustrate this opinion, his work on the ligature may be taken.

To prevent any injury, the ligature should be brought away first, and then the catheter.

After a surgeon had had a few deaths of this kind he dreaded the ligature.

When going to bleed at the ankle the ligature is to be applied at the knee.

The old operation, or ligature of the gluteal artery in the hip.

The ligature around his neck corresponded to a fragment of ligature still attached to the shower curtain.

He had scars on his stomach and buttocks, and ligature indentations on his wrists.

Here a wounded officer was brought in for whom a ligature was wanted.

He should not trust to the pressure of a tourniquet, but secure it at once by ligature.