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cardiopulmonary bypass

car·di·o·pul·mo·nar·y by·pass (plural car·di·o·pul·mo·nar·y by·pass·es)


noun 
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surgical procedure during heart operation: a procedure by which the blood is artificially circulated and oxygenated by a heart-lung machine so that surgery may be carried out on the heart

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