CORONARY BYPASS

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 I. (noun) 

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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

Synonyms:

CABG; coronary artery bypass graft; coronary bypass; coronary bypass surgery

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("coronary bypass" 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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