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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 [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

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.bypass - a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the centerbypass - 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.bypass - a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the currentbypass - 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.) 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 bypassun 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 Ncirugía f de by-pass

bypass [ˈbaɪpɑːs]
n
(= road) → (route f de) contournement m
(= operation) → pontage m
vt
[+ city, place] → éviter
[+ controls] → éviter
bypass operation npontage m
by-product [ˈbaɪprɒdʌkt] n
[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, villageumgehen; (Med) → umgehen; (Tech) fluid, gasumleiten; (fig) personübergehen; intermediate stage alsoüberspringen; difficultiesumgehen

bypass:
bypass operation
bypass surgery
nBypasschirurgie f; to have bypasssich einer Bypassoperation unterziehen

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 ممر جانبي okruh bypassoperation Umgehungsstraße παράκαμψη bypass ohitustie rocade obilaznica bypass バイパス 우회로 bypass omkjøring bypass estrada de circunvalação, estrada de contorno обход förbifartsled ทางอ้อม çevre yolu đường vòng 旁路


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