Generally speaking, the Family and Medical Leave Act provides qualified employees with the right to take time off of work without fear of retaliation if the employee or his/her close family member has a serious health condition, or if the employee seeks to take time off to care for his/her new-born or adopted child.
Advanced Patent Search. A preformed, elastomeric orthodontic ligature includes a molded protrusion or bumper portion integrally connected to an occlusal region of a ring portion of the ligature.
Medical Definition of ligature. 1  1: something that is used to bind; specifically : a filament (as a thread) used in surgery (as for tying blood vessels) 2  2: the action or result of binding or tying the ligature of an artery.