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open-heart surgery

open-heart surgery noun: a surgical operation on the heart done though a large incision in the chest.

Noun

open-heart surgery (countable and uncountable, plural open-heart surgeries)

  1. A surgical operation on the heart done though a large incision in the chest.

Forms of open-heart surgery

pluralopen-heart surgeries
alternative formopen heart surgery

Questions about open-heart surgery

What does open-heart surgery mean?
Open-heart surgery means a surgical operation on the heart done though a large incision in the chest.
What part of speech is open-heart surgery?
Open-heart surgery is a noun.
What is the plural of open-heart surgery?
The plural of open-heart surgery is open-heart surgeries.

Words near open-heart surgery in the dictionary

  1. open-handedly
  2. open-handedness
  3. open-handing
  4. open-hands
  5. open-heart surgeries
  6. open-heart surgery
  7. open-hearted
  8. open-heartedly
  9. open-heartedness
  10. open-hearth
  11. open-kneed

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