open heart surgery
1Open Heart Surgery — Studio album by Virginwool Released August 8, 2000 Label …
2open-heart surgery — ► NOUN ▪ surgery in which the heart is exposed and the blood made to bypass it …
3open-heart surgery — [ō′pənhärt′] n. surgery involving some type of repair directly to the exposed heart or coronary arteries, etc., during which the blood is diverted and circulated and oxygenated by mechanical means …
4open-heart surgery — open ,heart surgery noun uncount a medical operation on someone s heart in which their chest is cut open …
5open-heart surgery — n [U] a medical operation in which doctors operate on someone s heart, while a machine keeps the ↑patient s blood flowing …
6open-heart surgery — /oh peuhn hahrt / surgery performed on the exposed heart while a heart lung machine pumps and oxygenates the blood and diverts it from the heart. [1975 80] * * * Any surgical procedure opening the heart and exposing one or more of its chambers,… …
7open-heart surgery — noun 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 • Hypernyms: ↑heart surgery • Hyponyms: ↑coronary… …
8open heart surgery — surgery that involves incision into one or more chambers of the heart, such as for repair or palliation of congenital heart defects, repair or replacement of defective heart valves, or coronary artery bypass …
9open-heart surgery — o′pen heart′ sur gery n. srg surgery performed on the exposed heart with the aid of a heart lung machine • Etymology: 1975–80 …
10open-heart surgery — noun surgery in which the heart is exposed and the blood made to bypass it …