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by·pass also by-pass  (bps)

n.

1. A highway or section of a highway that passes around an obstructed or congested area.

2. A pipe or channel used to conduct gas or liquid around another pipe or a fixture.

3. A means of circumvention.

4. Electricity See shunt.

5. Medicine

a. An alternative passage created surgically to divert the flow of blood or other bodily fluid or circumvent an obstructed or diseased organ.

b. A surgical procedure to create such a channel: a coronary artery bypass; a gastric bypass.

tr.v. by·passed also by-passed, by·pass·ing also by-pass·ing, by·pass·es also by-pass·es

1. To avoid (an obstacle) by using an alternative channel, passage, or route.

2. To be heedless of; ignore: bypassed standard office procedures.

3. To channel (piped liquid, for example) through a bypass.

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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  (bps) A passage created surgically to divert the flow of blood or other bodily fluid or to circumvent an obstructed or diseased organ.

bypass In this example of coronary bypass surgery, a vein graft is used to bypass a diseased right coronary artery.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bypass - a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center beltway, ring road, ringway highway, main road - a major road for any form of motor transport
	2.	bypass - a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part) shunt - a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus shunt"
	3.	bypass - a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current electrical shunt, shunt circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit - an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow conductor - a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.
Verb	1.	bypass - avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!" get around, short-circuit, go around avoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"

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bypass

verb

1. get round, avoid, evade, circumvent, outmanoeuvre, body-swerve (Scot.) Regulators worry that controls could easily be bypassed.

2. go round, skirt, circumvent, depart from, deviate from, pass round, detour round Money for new roads to bypass cities.
go round meet, unite, join, cross, link, touch, connect, come together, adjoin, converge, intersect, abut

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

3. (Med) → (operación f de) by-pass m
a heart bypass → un by-pass de corazón
to have a humour/charisma bypass (hum) → no tener ni gota de sentido del humor/carisma

B. VT

1. [+ town] → evitar entrar en

2. (fig) [+ person, difficulty] → evitar

C. CPD bypass operation N → (operación f de) by-pass m
bypass surgery N → cirugía f de by-pass

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bypass [ˈbaɪpɑːs]

n

(= road) → (route f de) contournement m

(= operation) → pontage m

vt

[+ city, place] → éviter

[+ controls] → éviter
bypass operation n → pontage m
by-product [ˈbaɪprɒdʌkt] n

[process] → sous-produit m, dérivé m

(= consequence) → conséquence f (indirecte), retombée f

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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

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bypass:

bypass operation

n → Bypassoperation f

bypass surgery

n → Bypasschirurgie f; to have bypass → sich einer Bypassoperation unterziehen

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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

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