LIGATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery)
   Hypernyms(s) ligation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • tying (what does tying mean?)
   • ligature (what does ligature mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • tubal ligation (what does tubal ligation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • ligate (what does ligate mean?)