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INTESTINAL BYPASS

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• INTESTINAL BYPASS (noun)
The noun INTESTINAL BYPASS has 1 sense:

1. surgical operation that shortens the small intestine; used in treating obesity

Familiarity information: INTESTINAL BYPASS used as a noun is very rare.

• INTESTINAL BYPASS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Surgical operation that shortens the small intestine; used in treating obesity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("intestinal bypass" is a kind of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

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