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noun
surgery performed on the exposed heart while a heart-lung machine pumps and oxygenates the blood and diverts it from the heart.
Origin:
1975–80
1975–80
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Open-heart surgery
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Collins
World English Dictionary
| open-heart surgery | |
| —n | |
| surgical repair of the heart during which the blood circulation is often maintained mechanically | |
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
| open-heart surgery
Surgery in which the thoracic cavity is opened to expose the heart and the blood is recirculated and oxygenated by a heart-lung machine. |
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