ligate

verb

🔊/ˈlaɪɡeɪt/

(medical医学)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they ligate	🔊/ˈlaɪɡeɪt/ 🔊/ˈlaɪɡeɪt/
he / she / it ligates	🔊/ˈlaɪɡeɪts/ 🔊/ˈlaɪɡeɪts/
past simple ligated	🔊/ˈlaɪɡeɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈlaɪɡeɪtɪd/
past participle ligated	🔊/ˈlaɪɡeɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈlaɪɡeɪtɪd/
-ing form ligating	🔊/ˈlaɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈlaɪɡeɪtɪŋ/

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ligate something to tie up an artery or other blood vessel or tube in the body, with a ligature结扎（动脉或血管等）
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin ligat- ‘tied’, from the verb ligare.