| VERB | contact | ligate | join letters in a ligature when writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | ligate | bind chemically | |
| body | ligate | bind with a bandage or ligature |
| Meaning | join letters in a ligature when writing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | join | Cause to become joined / joined or linked |
| Meaning | Bind chemically. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The enzyme ligated" | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Broader | bind | form a chemical bond with |
| Meaning | Bind with a bandage or ligature. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "ligate the artery" | |
| Category | surgery | The branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures |
| Broader | bandage | Dress by covering or binding |
| Spanish | ligar | |
| Nouns | ligation | (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery) |
| ligature | the act of tying or binding things together | |
| ligature | thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood) | |
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