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ligature

[lig-uh-cher, -choor] / ˈlɪg ə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər /


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Ligature Marks Theatre Unleashed stages Mac Rogers’ dark comedy about a twisted romance and an online game.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2015

Ligature and excision of the bitten skin have usually been practised and much of the poison eliminated before the antidote is applied.

From On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote by Mueller, A.

Instances No Ligature Instances Cebidae 1 Cebidæ 7 Corvidae 1 Corvidæ 1 Cotingidae 1 Cotingidæ 1 Both "M. d'Obsonville" and "M. D'Obsonville" occur on page 99.

From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various

Ligature of Brachial.—To arrest hæmorrhage from a wound of the artery itself, no special directions are required, except to enlarge the wound, and secure the vessel above and below the bleeding point.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

Ligature of Internal Iliac.—Little need be added to the account just given of the operation for ligature of the common iliac, as precisely the same incisions are required.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph




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