port-access coronary bypass surgery (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 04
def heart surgery in which a coronary bypass is performed by the use of small instruments and tiny cameras threaded through small incisions while the heart is stopped and blood is pumped through a heart-lung machine
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Hypernym closed-heart surgery
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Hyponym closed-heart surgery

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