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MICHAEL ELLIS DE BAKEY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
United States heart surgeon who in 1966 implanted the first artificial heart in a human patient (born in 1908)
Synonyms:
De Bakey; Michael Ellis De Bakey
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Instance hypernyms:
operating surgeon; sawbones; surgeon (a physician who specializes in surgery)