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by·pass
also by-pass (bī′păs′)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, by·pass·ing, by·pass·es also by-passed or by-pass·ing or 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. (Civil Engineering) a main road built to avoid a city or other congested area
2. (General Engineering) any system of pipes or conduits for redirecting the flow of a liquid
3. (Mechanical Engineering) a means of redirecting the flow of a substance around an appliance through which it would otherwise pass
4. (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 (tr) , -passes, -passing, -passed or -past
6. to go around or avoid (a city, obstruction, problem, etc)
7. to cause (traffic, fluid, etc) to go through a bypass
8. to proceed without reference to (regulations, a superior, etc); get round; avoid
by′pass`
or by′-pass`,
n., v. n.
1. a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
2. a surgical procedure in which a diseased or obstructed hollow organ is temporarily or permanently circumvented. Compare coronary bypass.
3. a secondary pipe or other channel connected with a main passage, as for conducting a liquid or gas around a fixture, pipe, or appliance.
v.t. 5. to avoid by following a bypass.
6. to cause (fluid or gas) to follow a secondary pipe or bypass.
7. to neglect to consult or to ignore the opinion or decision of: I bypassed the manager and took my complaint straight to the owner.
[1840–50]
by′pass`er, n.
by·pass
(bī′păs′) An alternative pathway for the flow of blood or other body fluid, created by a surgeon as a detour around a blocked or diseased organ.
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Past participle: bypassed/bypast
Gerund: bypassing
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Noun | 1. | ![]() |
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. | ![]() 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!" 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
go round meet, unite, join, cross, link, touch, connect, come together, adjoin, converge, intersect, abut
noun
1. ringroad, detour, alternative route, relief road A new bypass around the city is being built.
bypass
nounThe act, an instance, or a means of avoiding:
1. To pass around but not through:
2. To keep away from:
Idioms: fight shy of, give a wide berth to, have no truck with, keep clear of.
Translations
جِرَاحَةُ تـَحْوِيلِ مَجْرى الشَرْيانمَمَر أو طَريق جانِبييَتَجَنَّب، يَلْتَف، يَدورُ حَوْل
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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
by
(bai) preposition1. next to; near; at the side of. by the door; He sat by his sister.
2. past. going by the house.
3. through; along; across. We came by the main road.
4. used (in the passive voice) to show the person or thing which performs an action. struck by a stone.
5. using. He's going to contact us by letter; We travelled by train.
6. from; through the means of. I met her by chance; by post.
7. (of time) not later than. by 6 o'clock.
8. during the time of.
9. to the extent of. taller by ten centimetres.
10. used to give measurements etc. 4 metres by 2 metres.
11. in quantities of. fruit sold by the kilo.
12. in respect of. a teacher by profession.
adverb1. near. They stood by and watched.
2. past. A dog ran by.
3. aside; away. money put by for an emergency.
ˈbygones: let bygones be bygones to forgive and forget past causes of ill-feeling.
ˈbypass noun a road which avoids an obstruction or a busy area. Take the bypass round the city.
verb to avoid (a place) by taking such a road.
ˈby-product noun something obtained or formed during the making of something else. Coal tar is a by-product of the process of obtaining gas from coal.
ˈbystander noun a person who watches but does not take part.
by and by after a short time. By and by, everyone went home.
by and large mostly; all things considered. Things are going quite well, by and large.
by oneself1. alone. He was standing by himself at the bus-stop.
2. without anyone else's help. He did the job (all) by himself.
by the way incidentally. By the way, have you a moment to spare?
by is used for forms of transport: by train ; by aeroplane ; by land ; by sea
bypass
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n. pop. baipás, derivación.
1. conducto auxiliar, comunicación, derivación; v.
2. cambiar el curso de fluidos de un órgano o parte a otro a través de una nueva vía quirúrgica;
aortocoronary ___ → ___ aortocoronario o derivación aortocoronaria;
aortoiliac ___ → ___ aortoilíaco;
___ aortorenal → ___ aortorenal;
cardiopulmonary ___ → cardiopulmonar ___;
coronary ___ → derivación coronaria;
extracraneal-intracraneal ___ → ___ extracranial-intracranial;
internal mammary artery ___ → derivación de la arteria mamaria interna.