autoligation

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English

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Etymology

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auto- +‎ ligation

Noun

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autoligation (countable and uncountable, plural autoligations)

  1. (surgery) The act of ligating something to itself
  2. (biochemistry) autocatalysis of the ligation of an enzyme
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