open-heart surgery
noun [U] /ˌəʊ.pən.hɑːtˈsɜː.dʒər.i/
/ˌoʊ.pən.hɑːrtˈsɜːr.dʒɚ-/ Definition
› 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 machineSurgery
(Definition of open-heart surgery noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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