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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: coronary bypass, coronary bypass surgery, coronary artery bypass graft, CABG]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

coronary bypass surgery
    n 1: 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
         [syn: coronary bypass, coronary bypass surgery,
         coronary artery bypass graft, CABG]