noun
- Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
- synonyms: coronary bypass surgery, coronary artery bypass graft, CABG
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