In medicine, a ligature is a device, similar to a
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Ligature — may refer to: Ligature (medicine) Ligature (music), a characteristic notation style of the Medieval and Renaissance periods of music history Ligature (musical instrument), a device used to attach a reed to the mouthpiece of a woodwind instrument… … Wikipedia
Ligature — Material (silk, gut, wire, etc) used to ligate (to tie) something. Ligatures are used to tie off blood vessels. Ligature is from the Latin ligare meaning to bind or tie. * * * 1. A thread, wire, fillet, or the like, tied tightly around a blood… … Medical dictionary
ligature needle — a slender steel needle with a long handle and an eye in its curved end, used for passing a ligature underneath an artery … Medical dictionary
ligature wire — a soft, thin wire used to tie an arch wire to band attachments or brackets in an orthodontic appliance … Medical dictionary
Medicine in medieval Islam — In the history of medicine, Islamic medicine or Arabic medicine refers to medicine developed in the medieval Islamic civilization and written in Arabic, the lingua franca of the Islamic civilization. Despite these names, a significant number of… … Wikipedia
Barron ligation ligature — Bar·ron ligation, ligature (barґən) [J. Barron, American proctologist, 20th century] see rubber band ligation, under ligation, and rubber band ligature, under ligature … Medical dictionary
occluding ligature — a ligature that occludes the blood supply to distal tissue. (A), Occluding ligature; (B), terminal ligature … Medical dictionary
Barron ligature — elastic ligature, elastic band ligature rubber band l … Medical dictionary
soluble ligature — a ligature of prepared animal membrane which is subsequently absorbed, the time of absorption depending upon the method of preparation and the size of the ligature … Medical dictionary
interlacing ligature — interlocking ligature a continuous suture in which the loops interlock … Medical dictionary
