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CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does coronary bypass surgery mean?
• CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY (noun)
The noun CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY has 1 sense:
1. open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart
Familiarity information: CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
CABG; coronary artery bypass graft; coronary bypass; coronary bypass surgery
Hypernyms ("coronary bypass surgery" is a kind of...):
open-heart surgery (heart surgery in which the rib cage is spread open, the heart is stopped and blood is detoured through a heart-lung machine while a heart valve or coronary artery is surgically repaired)
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