Ligature

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In surgery or medical procedure, a ligature consists of a piece of thread (suture) tied around an anatomical structure, usually a blood vessel, another hollow structure (e.g. urethra), or an accessory skin tag to shut it off.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Ligature (medicine)”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

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