angioplastynoun [ U or C ]
uk/ˈæn.dʒi.əʊˌplæs.ti/us/ˈæn.dʒi.oʊˌplæs.ti/specializeda medical operation to remove something blocking an artery (= thick tube carrying blood from the heart) in a person who has angina
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Medical treatment: surgery
- ablate
- adrenalectomy
- anaesthesiology
- anastomose
- anesthesiology
- circumcise
- collagen
- eviscerate
- frontal lobotomy
- implant
- keyhole surgery
- laminectomy
- laparoscopic
- laparoscopy
- laparotomy
- ligation
- nose job
- pump out sth
- transplant
- tuck
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