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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









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