Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun angioplasty

1 sense of angioplasty

Sense 1
angioplasty -- (an operation to repair a damaged blood vessel or unblock a coronary artery)
       => 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; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery")