Ligation
/lɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/noun
The act of tying, binding, or connecting something, especially in medicine or chemistry.
Did you know?Ligation comes from Latin ligāre, meaning “to bind,” a root that also gave English words tied to religion and obligation, because for the Romans, binding could be sacred as well as physical.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*leig-
“to bind, tie”
Latin
Latin
ligāre
“to bind, tie”
Late Latin
Latin
ligationem
“a binding, tying up”
Old French
Old French
ligation
“a binding, fastening”
Middle English
English
ligacion
“a binding or tying”
Modern English
English
ligation
“the act of binding or tying, especially surgically or chemically”