ligation
/lɪˈgeɪʃən/noun
mass noun
1
- the surgical procedure of tying a ligature tightly around a blood vessel or other duct or tube in the body结扎, 结扎法。
2
- Biochemistry the joining of two DNA strands or other molecules by a phosphate ester linkage【生化】（两股DNA或两个其他分子被一个磷酸二酯键）连接。
词源
late Middle English: from late Latin ligatio（n-）， from the verb ligare （see LIGATE）.