Abligate
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To tie up, especially a body part.
"In order to simulate small intestinal conditions in the cecal pouches, the distal end of a cecal pouch of fourteen chickens, three to four months old, was surgically united to the small intestine and the intestine abligated just posterior to the union […]"
Example
More examples"In order to simulate small intestinal conditions in the cecal pouches, the distal end of a cecal pouch of fourteen chickens, three to four months old, was surgically united to the small intestine and the intestine abligated just posterior to the union […]"
Etymology
From Latin ab- + ligātus, perfect passive participle of ligāre (“to tie”).
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