by·pass
[bahy-pas, -pahs] noun, verb, by·passed or ( Rare ) by·past; by·passed or by·past; by·pass·ing. noun
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.
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.
verb (used with object)
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.
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bypass (ˈbaɪˌpɑːs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a main road built to avoid a city or other congested area |
| 2. | any system of pipes or conduits for redirecting the flow of a liquid |
| 3. | a means of redirecting the flow of a substance around an appliance through which it would otherwise pass |
| 4. | surgery |
| a. See coronary bypass the redirection of blood flow, either to avoid a diseased blood vessel or in order to perform heart surgery | |
| b. (as modifier): bypass surgery | |
| 5. | electronics |
| a. an electrical circuit, esp one containing a capacitor, connected in parallel around one or more components, providing an alternative path for certain frequencies | |
| b. (as modifier): a bypass capacitor | |
| —vb , -passes, -passing, -passed, -past | |
| 6. | to go around or avoid (a city, obstruction, problem, etc) |
| 7. | to cause (traffic, fluid, etc) to go through a bypass |
| 8. | to proceed without reference to (regulations, a superior, etc); get round; avoid |
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Word Origin & History
bypass
1848, of certain pipes in a gasworks, from by + pass. First used 1922 for "road for the relief of congestion;" fig. sense is from 1928. The heart operation was first so-called 1957.
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Medical Dictionary
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.
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Science Dictionary
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. |
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