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bypass capacitor
a capacitor which provides a low-impedance path for alternating current while not passing any direct current -
coronary bypass
the surgical bypass of a narrowed or blocked coronary artery by grafting a section of a healthy blood vessel taken from another part of the patient's body -
gastric bypass
a surgical procedure by which all or part of the stomach is circumvented by anastomosis to the small intestine, performed to overcome obstruction or in the treatment of morbid obesity. -
gastroplasty
any plastic surgery on the stomach. -
intestinal bypass
the surgical circumvention, by anastomosis, of a diseased portion of the intestine; also sometimes used to reduce nutrient absorption in morbidly obese patients. -
outflank
to go or extend beyond the flank of (an opposing military unit); turn the flank of.