Word Study
ligate
CIDE DICTIONARY
ligate, v. t. [L. ligatus, p. p. of ligare.].
- To tie with a ligature; to bind around; to bandage. [1913 Webster]
- To concatenate two strands of (nucleic acid, usually DNA), in an end-to-end fashion, using a ligase. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ligate, v.tr. Surgery tie up (a bleeding artery etc.).
Derivative
ligation n.
Etymology
L ligare ligat-
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