Medical terms - Letter B
752 terms start with the letter B.
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Bypass, cardiopulmonary
Bypass of the heart and lungs as, for example, in open heart surgery. Blood returning to the heart is diverted through a heart-lung machine (a pump-oxygenator) before returning it to the arterial circulation. The…
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Bypass, coronary
See: Coronary artery bypass graft.