open-heart surgerynoun [ U ]
uk/ˌəʊ.pən.hɑːt ˈsɜː.dʒər.i/us/ˌoʊ.pən.hɑːrt ˈsɝː.dʒər.i/a medical operation in which the body is cut open and the heart is repaired, while the body's blood is kept flowing by a machine
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Medical treatment: surgery
- ablate
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- anaesthesiology
- anastomose
- anesthesiology
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- collagen
- eviscerate
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- frontal lobotomy
- implant
- keyhole surgery
- laminectomy
- laparoscopic
- laparoscopy
- laparotomy
- ligation
- nose job
- pump out sth
- transplant
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