ligation

[lahy-gey-shuhn] / laɪˈgeɪ ʃən /

NOUN

link

Synonyms

STRONGEST

association channel contact element hookup network relationship tie

STRONG

articulation attachment bond connective constituent copula coupler coupling division fastening hitch in interconnection interface intersection joining joint junction knot ligament ligature loop member nexus part piece ring seam section splice tie up weld yoke

WEAK

vinculum

Antonyms

STRONG

line whole

Example Sentences

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Between 2020 and 2023, roughly 16,000 women in the East African country underwent tubal ligation, according to Kenya's health ministry.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2025

I didn't have to worry about that to the point where a year after we were married, I went ahead and had tubal ligation because he didn't want kids, I didn't want kids.

From Salon • Sep. 28, 2024

But tubal ligation is frequently promoted as a nearly bulletproof option that prevents pregnancy.

From Salon • Sep. 5, 2024

These groundbreaking NKeNDs simultaneously display cancer-targeting ligands, such as HER2Afb or EGFRAfb, and NK cell-recruiting ligands, aCD16Nb, on the surface of the AaLS through the SpyCatcher/SpyTag protein ligation system.

From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2023

We won her freedom after establishing that she had had a tubal ligation five years prior to her arrest, which made it biologically impossible for her to conceive, let alone give birth to, a child.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

ligation

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