verb
- ties or binds with a ligature, especially to close off a blood vessel during surgery
Usage: medical
Examples
- The surgeon ligates the artery to stop the bleeding.
- During the operation, the doctor ligates several blood vessels.
- The veterinarian ligates the blood supply before removing the tumor.
- She carefully ligates each vessel with surgical thread.
- The procedure requires the surgeon to ligate the main artery first.