English noun: open-heart surgery | |||
1. | open-heart surgery (act) 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | heart surgery | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | CABG, coronary artery bypass graft, coronary bypass, coronary bypass surgery | ||