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Noun: open-heart surgery
  1. Heart surgery in which the rib cage is spread open, the heart is stopped and blood is detoured through a heart-lung machine while a heart valve or coronary artery is surgically repaired

Derived forms: open-heart surgeries

Type of: heart surgery

Encyclopedia: Open-heart surgery

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