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ligatureTwo or more typeface characters that are designed as a single unit (physically touch). Fi, ffi, ae and oe are common ligatures. ligature 1. Surgery a thread or wire for tying around a vessel, duct, etc., as for constricting the flow of blood to a part 2. Music a. a slur or the group of notes connected by it b. (in plainsong notation) a symbol indicating two or more notes grouped together ligature [′lig·ə·chər] (medicine) A cord or thread used for tying vessels and ducts. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Of this we have abundant proof in the ordinary experience of surgeons, who, by binding the arm with a tie of moderate straitness above the part where they open the vein, cause the blood to flow more copiously than it would have done without any ligature; whereas quite the contrary would happen were they to bind it below; that is, between the hand and the opening, or were to make the ligature above the opening very tight. Miss Abbot turned to divest a stout leg of the necessary ligature. Mortimer would often turn to her, as if she were an interpreter between this sentient world and the insensible man; and she would change the dressing of a wound, or ease a ligature, or turn his face, or alter the pressure of the bedclothes on him, with an absolute certainty of doing right. |
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