ligator

English

Etymology

ligate +‎ -or

Noun

ligator (plural ligators)

1. (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

1. 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)