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bypass
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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.

bypass
Noun
1. a main road built to avoid a city
2. a secondary pipe, channel, or appliance through which the flow of a substance, such as gas or electricity, is redirected
3. a surgical operation in which the blood flow is redirected away from a diseased or blocked part of the heart
Verb
1. to go around or avoid (a city, obstruction, problem, etc.)
2. to proceed without reference to (regulations or a superior); get round; avoid

bypass  (bps)
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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bypass
In this example of coronary bypass surgery, a vein graft is used to bypass a diseased right coronary artery.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bypassbypass - a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
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.bypassbypass - a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
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.
Verb1.bypass - avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!"
avoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"

bypass
verb 1. get round, avoid, evade, circumvent, outmanoeuvre, body-swerve Scot.
verb 2. go round, skirt, circumvent, depart from, deviate from, pass round, detour round << OPPOSITE cross
Translations
bypass [ˈbaɪpɑːs] ncarretera de, circunvalación;
(MED) → (operación f de) by-pass m
vtevitar
bypass [ˈbaɪpɑːs] nrocade f;
(Med) → pontage m
vtéviter
bypass [ˈbaɪpɑːs] nUmgehungsstraße f;
(Med) → Bypassoperation f
vt (also fig) → umgehen
bypass [ˈbaɪpɑːs] ncirconvallazione f;
(MED) → by-pass m inv


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If he had bypassed the weigh station, he would have been an unknown hazard to other motorists.
The silicone appendages conform to the surface of the heart and enable the surgeon to position the beating heart in such a way as to ensure access to the coronary arteries that need to be bypassed.
 
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