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li•ga•tion



Pronunciation: (lī-gā'shun), [key]
—n.
1. the act of ligating, esp. of surgically tying up a bleeding artery.
2. anything that binds or ties up; ligature.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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