Medical Term
ligature
also: ligatures
material for tying firmly around a BLOOD VESSEL or DUCT to stop bleeding or prevent flow. The material may be wire, silk, catgut, etc.
Source: mediLexicon corpus · slug
ligaturematerial for tying firmly around a BLOOD VESSEL or DUCT to stop bleeding or prevent flow. The material may be wire, silk, catgut, etc.
ligature