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bypass [ˈbaɪˌpɑːs] n 1. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) a main road built to avoid a city or other congested area 2. (Engineering / General Engineering) any system of pipes or conduits for redirecting the flow of a liquid 3. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a means of redirecting the flow of a substance around an appliance through which it would otherwise pass 4. (Medicine / Surgery) Surgery a. the redirection of blood flow, either to avoid a diseased blood vessel or in order to perform heart surgery See coronary bypass b. (as modifier) bypass surgery 5. (Electronics) 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 (tr) 1. to go around or avoid (a city, obstruction, problem, etc.) 2. to cause (traffic, fluid, etc.) to go through a bypass 3. to proceed without reference to (regulations, a superior, etc.); get round; avoid
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bypass verb 1. get round, avoid, evade, circumvent, outmanoeuvre, body-swerve (Scot.) Regulators worry that controls could easily be bypassed. noun ringroad, detour, alternative route, relief road A new bypass around the city is being built. Translations bypass [ˈbaɪpɑːs] A. N 1. (= road) → circunvalación f, carretera f de circunvalación 2. (Elec) → desviación f bypass [ˈbaɪpɑːs] n (= road) → (route f de) contournement m (= operation) → pontage m vt [+ city, place] → éviter [process] → sous-produit m, dérivé m (= consequence) → conséquence f (indirecte), retombée f bypass n (= road) → Umgehungsstraße f; (Med, Tech: = pipe etc) → Bypass m; he’s had a charisma/humour (Brit) or humor (US) bypass (inf) → als Charisma/Humor verteilt wurde, haben sie ihn vergessen vt town, village → umgehen; (Med) → umgehen; (Tech) fluid, gas → umleiten; (fig) person → übergehen; intermediate stage also → überspringen; difficulties → umgehen bypass: bypass operation n → Bypassoperation f bypass surgery bypass [ˈbaɪˌpɑːs] 1. n (road) → circonvallazione f (Med) → by-pass m inv 2. vt (town) → (fare una deviazione per) evitare (fig) (person) → scavalcare; (difficulty) → aggirare bypass [ˈbaɪˌpɑːs] 1. n (road) → circonvallazione f (Med) → by-pass m inv 2. vt (town) → (fare una deviazione per) evitare (fig) (person) → scavalcare; (difficulty) → aggirare How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| She was originally diagnosed with proximal LMCA stenosis and had undergone two separate coronary artery bypass graft operations over the past 2 years for treatment of this disease. With more than 650,000 cases per year in the United States alone, coronary artery bypass surgery is the most common heart operation. With more than 650,000 cases per year in the United States alone, coronary artery bypass surgery is the most common heart operation. |
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