deligation

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English

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Etymology

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Compare French déligation.

Noun

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deligation (plural deligations)

  1. (surgery) A binding up; a bandaging.
    • 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: [] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston [], and B[enjamin] Took, [], →OCLC:
      Deligation of the Part : and in this case Bandages are to be made of softer and broader Linen than we use in Fractures without a Wound

References

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

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