[bahy-pas, -pahs] 
noun, verb, -passed or (Rare
) -past; -passed or -past; -pass⋅ing.| 1. | a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction. |
| 2. | a secondary pipe or other channel connected with a main passage, as for conducting a liquid or gas around a fixture, pipe, or appliance. |
| 3. | Electricity. shunt (def. 9). |
| 4. | a surgical procedure in which a diseased or obstructed hollow organ is temporarily or permanently circumvented. Compare coronary bypass, gastric bypass, heart-lung machine, intestinal bypass. |
| 5. | to avoid (an obstruction, city, etc.) by following a bypass. |
| 6. | to cause (fluid or gas) to follow a secondary pipe or bypass. |
| 7. | to neglect to consult or to ignore the opinion or decision of: He bypassed the foreman and took his grievance straight to the owner. |
bypass by·pass (bī'pās')
n.
A passage created surgically to divert the flow of blood or other bodily fluid or to circumvent an obstructed or diseased organ.
A surgical procedure to create such a channel.
bypass (bī'pās') Pronunciation Key
(click for larger image in new window) A passage created surgically to divert the flow of blood or other bodily fluid or to circumvent an obstructed or diseased organ. |