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DE BAKEY

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Overview

DE BAKEY (noun)
  The noun DE BAKEY has 1 sense:

1. United States heart surgeon who in 1966 implanted the first artificial heart in a human patient (born in 1908)play

  Familiarity information: DE BAKEY used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


DE BAKEY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States heart surgeon who in 1966 implanted the first artificial heart in a human patient (born in 1908)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

De Bakey; Michael Ellis De Bakey

Instance hypernyms:

operating surgeon; sawbones; surgeon (a physician who specializes in surgery)


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