How To Use Ligature In A Sentence

`There's no sign of a ligature of any sort having been used. A DEAD LIBERTY
A ligature made from an old sheet and a dressing gown cord were left in the landing and an unusual handwritten note left in the rent book.
When she is reduced to a state of perfect asphyxy, apply a ligature to the left ankle, drawing it as tight as the bone will bear. The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories
The claimed derivation is from an obsolete word (in Latin) "feo" = "to bring forth", where the eo became the œ ligature (perhaps because the EO combination really was a single vowel in old english, including runes!) which then became separate letters O and E because of typesetting issues. Pharyngula
She said death could occur in such a way if a victim had been strangled or if the palm of the hand or a ligature had been pushed against the neck.

Page 252 upwards and forwards; lay bare the digastric and stylo-hyoid muscles at the bottom of the wound, by means of the point of the director or the forceps and draw them forward with a blunt hook: hold the sites of the incision wide apart, carry the nerve and vein backward with the end of the finger, and cautiously open the sheath of the vessel; and then, with the artery isolated apply the ligature by means of an aneurismal needle. An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.
And then, wherefore is there neither swelling nor repletion of the veins, nor any sign or symptom of attraction or afflux, above the ligature? On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals
If bony tissue is not palpable, the application of a ligature around the pedicle allows the digit to fall off.
So I think that it is not evidence of an ante-mortem kind of ligature.
Tourniquets, ligatures, and compression bandages should not be used.
They do so by lexical wrinkles like the paradoxical "silence-speaking" itself of this same junctural ligature. Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian
The ligature was removed in seven days, and the sphacelated portion of the liver came off with it. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
The radial and ulnar arteries may be exposed and ligatured in any part of their course; but of the two, the radial vessel can be reached with greater facility, owing to its comparatively superficial situation. Surgical Anatomy
After abandoning his ligature of the anterior choroidal artery on account of the variability of the area supplied by this artery, Cooper inserted a cannula directed by a simplified guiding device in order to inject fluids into the pallidum; in other words, he employed a stereotactic technique. Foreshadowings
If there were no compression by ligatures or otherwise, of any other part of the system, and if the impure blood came back to the lungs for renovation as fast as it ought, still it would not be properly depurated or renovated, unless the lungs acted in a full, healthy and rigorous manner. The Young Woman's Guide
The ligature is a most satisfying immediate resource in stopping bleeding from an artery, but a septic ligature inevitably causes suppuration and almost inevitably leads to secondary hemorrhage. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages
As already excerpted above, the question is so rhetorical that the present essay wants to imagine some part of its answer as lying with the phonemic underlay and ligatures of rhetoric's own subvocal figurations. Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian
`There's no sign of a ligature of any sort having been used. A DEAD LIBERTY
In each, ligature of the artery above and below the point of communication would have necessitated so near an approach to the sac which must remain in communication with the vein as to have entailed injury to the latter, when both artery and vein must have been ligatured, probably risking serious cerebral trouble. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre
Notice the long "s" which looks like an uncrossed "f" and the ligatures on the bottom line of this alphabet. Carolyn Vega: The ABCs of an Unknown Duchemin
A Prison Service spokesperson said: ‘Paramedics were called to the prison and there were no signs of a ligature.’
For others it's the ligatures, or the roundness, or the old-style numerals.
Yet the diffusive linked progress of Victorian perfectibility seems instinct there nonetheless, grammatically as well as rhythmically, overriding the caesura and all the other shocks and setbacks of progression, not only in the emphatic glottal ligature of "growing good" but in the double semantic bond of the words. Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian
It had to overlap and go crazy on ligatures we had never thought possible, nor even desirable.
There are also no ligatures to confuse the start of the letter as there are in other letter positions.
Once the reader figures out the notion of ligature itself thee are all manner of burbling connective pleasures. Donato Mancini, Ligatures
He said marks on his body, including bruises on different parts of his head were not, in his opinion, suspicious, and had probably been caused when he was freed from the ligature and during subsequent resuscitation attempts.
Does the blood accumulate below the ligature coming through the veins, or through the arteries, or passing by certain hidden porosities? On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals
Africa, but the first portion of the carotid might have been ligatured in the episternal notch, or by aid of removal of a part of the sternum, and a second ligature placed above the sac. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre
Second, that the afflux proceeds from the heart, and through the heart by a course from the great veins; for it gets into the parts below the ligature through the arteries, not through the veins; and the arteries nowhere receive blood from the veins, nowhere receive blood save and except from the left ventricle of the heart. On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals
Frowning intently, he unwinds his orange turban, knots it in a ligature around his right biceps, and starts pumping his arm.
Although the fourth fascicule had kept its place, it was not on this account preserved from the effects of the confusing changes caused by the loosening of the ligature, for between its two first leaves the remaining sheet of the third fascicule [85] found a place. The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur
He was careful not to leave fingerprints at the crime scenes and he strangled all his victims with ligatures (cords, ropes, etc.) rather than murder them violently, leaving lots of blood and gore on the murder scenes.
Similarly, I have split ligatured characters such as the ligatured "ae" and "oe" frequent in late Latin in particular. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling a
A typical rodent model of chronic pain involves tying a temporary ligature around the sciatic nerve.
Either way, we think the ampersand is a ligature for SimpleBits
Ligatures are used in surgery to stop the flow of a bleeding artery.
For instance, the Armenian small ligature men now (U+FB13) is case folded to the bigram men now (U+0574 U+0576), while the micro sign (U+00B5) is case folded to the Greek small letter letter mu (U+03BC) instead of itself. Planet Haskell
See the ligature (the ‘fi’ combined into one character)?
It appears the children took the little boy from his home to a remote area and, from the evidence of ligatures around his neck, tried to hang him.
Nicknames so sometimes point to the pronunciation as well, Dany is based on Daenerys, so we read 'dae' in the full name as DAN- not DEY- treating ae as the Latin/Danish ligature letter. HBO confirms remainder of cast
The scrub person can be alert for oozing or plan for more ties, ligatures, or clips.
It often happens that the child appears to have been born dead when it is merely weak, and when before the umbilical cord has been ligatured, the blood has run out into the cord and its surroundings. The History of Animals
In Mensural Notation, several notes can be combined together to form ligatures.
This description does not only comprehend the bowels, bones, tendons, veins, nerves, and arteries, but every muscle and every ligature, which is a composition of fibres, that are so many imperceptible tubes or pipes interwoven on all sides with invisible glands or strainers. The Coverley Papers
And since the latter current escapes from the arm by the opening made in one of the veins, there must of necessity be certain passages below the ligature, that is, towards the extremities of the arm through which it can come thither from the arteries. Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason, and Seeking the Truth in the Sciences
The ligatures were kept in position to cause accumulation of microbial dental plaque during the experimental period.
The twenty is evidently a ligature of two tens, and this in turn suggested a kind of radix, so that ninety was probably written in a way reminding one of the quatre-vingt-dix of the French. The Hindu-Arabic Numerals
An incision similar to that required for ligature of the carotid above the omohyoid should be made over the inner edge of the sterno-mastoid muscle; with it as a guide, the omohyoid may be sought and drawn downwards and inwards, the sheath of the vessels exposed and drawn outwards, the larynx slightly pushed across to the right, the thyroid gland drawn out of the way by a blunt hook, the superior thyroid either avoided or tied. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
This attempt was a failure, and cure was also unsuccessfully attempted by wire ligature and the thermocautery. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
Ligatures were developed as scriptorial short-cuts. The Times Literary Supplement
When she is reduced to a state of perfect asphyxy, apply a ligature to the left ancle, drawing it as tight as the bone will bear. Adela Cathcart, Volume 1
If it be required to ligature the artery at this locality, an incision two inches and a half in length, made along the course of the vessel, and avoiding the superficial veins, will expose the fascia; and this being next divided on the director, the artery will be exposed resting on the brachialis anticus, and between the biceps tendon and pronator teres muscle. Surgical Anatomy
-- This operation has been attended with considerable success, but all that was said in regard to the ligature of the common iliac will apply with almost equal force to this deligation of the internal iliac. An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.
At windswept Dens, Archie McPherson has a near-death experience when he is almost throttled by his own comb-over, 18-inch strands entwining in the gale to form a deadly ligature.
Should either of these stand out with extra prominence from the others, it should be picked up with a pair of forceps, and ligatured with either carbolized gut or silk. Diseases of the Horse's Foot
The ligature had been secured to a wall fixture.
For either femoral or popliteal arterio-venous aneurisms ligature of the artery above and below the aneurism is the best and safest treatment. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre
Then truepenny and I will write A Reckoning of Men, and I will write "Spell 81a" (with stillsostrange) and "Ligature" (all by myself). I need a verb
The alternative of tying the damaged vessel with a ligature had been employed by various surgeons dating back to Celsus, a Roman medical author in the first century ad.
Tourniquets, ligatures, and compression bandages should not be used.
English orthography is such that diacritics are allographic and ligatures are allographic. Discussions: Message List - root
The 48-year-old had suffered appalling head injuries and also had a ligature around her neck.
I did a test with Minion Pro, Lucida Grande, and Hoefler Text creating some typical ligature combinations (fi fj fl ffi ffj ffl fh ft ct st). ct and st are not ligatured by the default inspector setting with these fonts. Discussions: Message List - root
The organ was then suspended, by means of a ligature placed around the basilar artery, in a vessel containing 10% formaldehyde solution.
After closing the caecum with a purse string ligature, the loops of intestine were restored to the abdominal cavity.
The ligature was their best hold then, the literature became their best hold later, when one of them committed an indiscretion, and they had to cut the old bond to accommodate the sheriff. Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells.
The cause of death was given as strangulation by ligature.
In particular, they are questioning a fracture on the right side of Shipman's neck, which they claim is not consistent with being caused by the knot of the ligature.
They are all part of the culture of dutiless rights, and they are all nibbling away at the moral ligatures that hold the civic order together. New Statesman
The ligatures on his splenic artery and vein had slipped.
Mrs Clark then heard cries for help from neighbours who had found her son hanging by a ligature from a porch outside his home.
The autopsy revealed that poor JonBenet was strangled to death by ligature applied through the twisting of a fairly intricate garrote. Craig Alan Silverman: JonBenet Truths Might Still Be Told
In one case which I saw, the third part of the subclavian artery had been ligatured for axillary bleeding; secondary hæmorrhage, as might have been expected, occurred, and that as late as five weeks after the operation. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre
A larger vessel may be taken up with the artery forceps and ligatured, or the hæmorrhage stopped by torsion. Diseases of the Horse's Foot
Liston, Mr., on ligature of subclavian, 36, 37. on rhinoplastic operations, 177. on excision of upper jaw, 186. tracheotomy, 213. on femoral hernia, 240. on lithotomy, 262. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
The ball had cut the ligature which bound his "greegree" of shells around his head, and the faithless charm lay on the ground beside him. Journal of an African Cruiser
Most breeders use the technique known as ‘banding’, in which a ligature is placed over the end of a puppy's tail within four days of birth.
The second stage involves placing a deeper and more precise ligature at the base of the lesion.
Skey on ligature of subclavian, 38. on amputation, 74, 91. on excision of wrist, 127. on rhinoplastic operation, 178. on lithotomy, 262. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
The ovary was grasped with a hemostat, a ligature was placed around the oviduct and blood vessels, and the ovary was removed.
In the latter instances, all afflux of nutriment and heat being prevented by the ligature, we see the testes and large fleshy tumours dwindle, die, and finally fall off. On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals
First, if a ligature is tied around the fertilized egg to prevent communication between the anterior and posterior regions, the result is a gap in the body plan, with some regions failing to develop.
So I think that it is not evidence of an ante-mortem kind of ligature. CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2007
So I think that it is not evidence of an ante-mortem kind of ligature.
The easiest position in which to apply the ligature is just above the omohyoid muscle, the vessel being there superficial. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
The cartilages were ligated with heavy silk, and the hemorrhage checked by ligature and by packing gauze in the inter-chondral spaces. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
(rendered here in typeface as two separate letters but properly written as a ligature - a typographical combination of two symbols - called "aesc"). The Daily Princetonian, 2009-06-03
At windswept Dens, he has a near-death experience when he is almost throttled by his own comb-over, 18-inch strands entwining in the gale to form a deadly ligature.
She saw the golden knife, the ligature, the bowl which contained the sacred mead. MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE
For if the afterbirth have come away, the navel is ligatured off from the afterbirth with a woollen thread and is then cut above the ligature; and at the place where it has been tied it heals up, and the remaining portion drops off. The History of Animals
Ligatures are used in surgery to stop the flow of a bleeding artery.
See the separated-at-birth diptych above: not quite punctuation mark and not quite ligature, the ampersand is a confection to be savored, indeed.
Besides, the ligature is competent to occasion the afflux in question without either pain, or heat, or a vacuum. On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals
The ampersand is an ancient Roman symbol derived from the ligature or combination into one character of the e and t in the Latin et, meaning and.
The ligatures on his splenic artery and vein had slipped.
To avoid these the ligature should be applied as low down on the vessel as possible, and, in point of fact, the operation called ligature of the third stage of the axillary is, anatomically speaking, really ligature of the brachial high up, and where there is room at all, there will be the less chance of secondary hæmorrhage, the greater the distance is between the ligature and the great subscapular branch. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
When the scion and the stock have been both chosen, they are cut slantingly, so that one may fit into the other; and care being taken that the bark and soft wood of the two unite, at least on one side, the two pieces are bound together, and the ligature is covered with what is called grafting clay, that is, a mixture of stiff clay, with a fourth part of fresh horse-dung, and a small quantity of cut hay. The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally
As this vessel gives off throughout its whole length, numerous branches which inosculate principally with the scapular, mammary, and superior intercostal branches of the subclavian, it will be evident that, in tying it above its own branches, the anastomotic circulation will with much greater freedom be maintained in respect to the arm, than if the ligature be applied below those branches. Surgical Anatomy
The ampersand is an ancient Roman symbol derived from the ligature or combination into one character of the e and t in the Latin et, meaning and.
Her hands were tied together so tightly that the ligature was cutting into the skin.
The 48-year-old had suffered appalling head injuries and also had a ligature around her neck.
They may physically join together as a "conjunct," or ligature, a process called samyoga (meaning "yoked together" in Lightly Toasted
The resemblance of some cases of secondary hæmorrhage of this class to those occasionally observed after amputation, and due to accidental non-perforative injury of the artery at the time of operation above the point of ligature, was very striking. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre
He had been strangled with a ligature and his wrists were tied.
-- Extend the thumb strongly, so as to cause the abductor longus, and extensor longus pollicis to become prominent; seek for the artery in the depression between these muscles, known as "la tabatiere"; separate the thumb from the index finger, and make an incision about an inch long, in the direction of the tendons above referred to; separate the nervous filaments and veins carefully; and then isolate the artery and apply the ligature. An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.
American uses different orthography than English in at least some cases ligatured ae and oe are hardly ever used in American. Languagehat.com: BLACK ENGLISH.
The word Phoenician was printed with an oe ligature. The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, Jan-Mar, 1890
Suture ligatures and electrocoagulation are the two most common techniques for hemostasis.
One or two small branches supplying the anterior fold of the axilla are the only vessels divided, and may not even require ligature, unless, indeed, from necrosis, or to remove a tumour, A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners

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