Answer: ligated

AnswerCrossword Clue
LIGATEDTied with a band.
LIGATEDTied, in surgery
LIGATEDTied by a surgeon
LIGATEDTied up
LIGATEDTied gal
LIGATEDTied surgically
ligatedto bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like)
ligatedLIGATE, to bind, also LIGATURE