See Also: Ligature(medicine)
Ligature(health)
ligature(dictionary)
intravascular ligature(medicine)
Stannius ligature(medicine)
suture ligature(medicine)
suboccluding ligature(medicine)
soluble ligature(medicine)
provisional ligature(medicine)
elastic ligature(medicine)

ligature (iou)



ligature noun & verb. LME.
[Late Latin ligatura, formed as LIGATE: see -URE.]
A. noun.
A thing used in binding or tying; a band, a tie; esp. (a) Surgery a thread or cord used to tie up a bleeding artery etc.; (b) an adjustable band securing the reed to the mouthpiece in instruments of the clarinet family. LME.
b. fig. A bond of union. E17.
c. Binding quality; something having this quality. L17-E18.
= LIGAMENT 2. Now rare. LME.
The action or an act of binding or tying; the result or place of such an action. M16.
Music. A note-form representing two or more notes to be sung to one syllable; a tie, a slur. L16.
A character or type formed by two or more letters joined together; a monogram. Also, a stroke connecting two letters. L17.
b. verb trans. = LIGATE. E18.