ligator

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English

Etymology

From ligate +‎ -or.

Noun

ligator (plural ligators)

(surgery) An instrument used for ligation, the placement or fastening of a ligature.

References

“ligator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

goitral, trialog

Latin

Verb

ligātor

second/third-person singular future passive imperative of ligō

References

ligator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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