- heart bypass operation
- surgery in which the flow of blood is redirected around a damaged blood vessel through the insertion of a substitute vessel
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
heart bypass operation
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heart bypass — UK US noun [countable] [singular heart bypass plural heart bypasses] medical a medical operation in which blood is directed around a blocked blood vessel in the heart … Useful english dictionary
heart bypass — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms heart bypass : singular heart bypass plural heart bypasses medical a medical operation in which blood is directed around a blocked blood vessel in the heart … English dictionary
bypass operation — /ˈbaɪpas ɒpəˌreɪʃən/ (say buypahs opuh.rayshuhn) noun Medicine an operation in which a diseased or obstructed segment of the circulatory or digestive systems of the body is circumvented; particularly used to circumvent diseased blood vessels in… …
bypass */ — I UK [ˈbaɪˌpɑːs] / US [ˈbaɪˌpæs] noun [countable] Word forms bypass : singular bypass plural bypasses 1) a road that goes round a town or city so that you can avoid going through its centre the Newbury bypass 2) medical a medical operation to… … English dictionary
bypass — by|pass1 [ baı,pæs ] noun count 1. ) a road that goes around a town or city so that you can avoid going through its center: the Leesburg bypass 2. ) a medical operation to make someone s blood flow past a blocked or damaged part of their heart… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bypass — by|pass1 [ˈbaıpa:s US pæs] n 1.) (heart) bypass operation/ surgery an operation to direct blood through new ↑veins (=blood tubes) outside the heart because the veins in the heart are blocked or diseased ▪ a triple heart bypass operation 2.) a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
heart — noun 1 part of the body ADJECTIVE ▪ healthy, strong ▪ bad, weak ▪ beating, pounding, racing ▪ … Collocations dictionary
operation — op|e|ra|tion W1S1 [ˌɔpəˈreıʃən US ˌa:p ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(medical)¦ 2¦(business/organization)¦ 3¦(work/activities)¦ 4¦(actions)¦ 5¦(machine/system)¦ 6¦(principle/law/plan etc)¦ 7¦(military/police action)¦ 8¦(computers)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
operation — noun 1 MEDICAL (C) the process of cutting into someone s body to repair or remove a part that is damaged: a heart bypass operation | She had a bad operation, she had a hysterectomy. (+ on/for): She s going to have an operation on her knee. |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Heart transplantation — or cardiac transplantation, is a surgical transplant procedure performed on patients with end stage heart failure or severe coronary artery disease. The most common procedure is to take a working heart from a recently deceased organ donor… … Wikipedia
