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    Synonyms and Definitions

    Use "ligature" in a sentence

    ligature example sentences

    ligature


    1. She had been strangled with some kind of ligature that was a sexually motivated murder


    2. ligature so he could closely examine it


    3. Jamaal snatched the ligature out of Wiggles' hand


    4. Neither Ambrose Pare, applying for the first time since Celsus, after an interval of fifteen centuries, a ligature to an artery, nor Dupuytren, about to open an abscess in the brain, nor Gensoul when he first took away the superior maxilla, had hearts that trembled, hands that shook, minds so strained as Monsieur Bovary when he approached Hippolyte, his tenotome between his fingers


    5. Ligature marks on his wrists and neck indicate that he has been tied to a rope or chain


    6. It would be more prudent to resort unhesitatingly to a more certain remedy, in the ligature, and immediate excision of the part, where such an operation was practicable, or to cauterization, if the part could not be removed by the knife


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    Synonyms for "ligature"

    ligature tying binder

    "ligature" definitions

    (music) a group of notes connected by a slur


    character consisting of two or more letters combined into one


    a metal band used to attach a reed to the mouthpiece of a clarinet or saxophone


    thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood)


    something used to tie or bind


    the act of tying or binding things together