Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
LIGATION
ligation
(noun) (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ligation (countable and uncountable, plural ligations)
Something that ties, a ligature.
The act of tying, of applying a ligature.
The state of having a ligature, of being tied.
(medicine) The act of tying off or sealing a blood vessel or fallopian tube during surgery.
(chemistry) The formation of a complex by reaction with a ligand.
Anagrams
• intaglio, logitian, taglioni
Source: Wiktionary
Li*ga"tion, n. Etym: [L. ligatio, fr. ligare to bind. Cf. Liaison.]
1. The act of binding, or the state of being bound.
2. That which binds; bond; connection. Tied with tape, and sealed at each fold and ligation. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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