Hyphenation of ligation

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word ligation? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

lig-a-tion

Definitions of ligation:

1.	(surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery)

Synonyms of ligation:

noun	tying, ligature

Last hyphenations of this language

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