deligation
English
Etymology
Compare French déligation.
Noun
deligation (plural deligations)
- (surgery) A binding up; a bandaging.
- 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgical Treatises
- 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
- 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgical Treatises
References
deligation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- gadolinite, gelatinoid, intaglioed