Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun open-heart_surgery

1 sense of open-heart surgery

Sense 1
open-heart surgery -- (heart surgery in which the rib cage is spread open, the heart is stopped and blood is detoured through a heart-lung machine while a heart valve or coronary artery is surgically repaired)
       => heart surgery -- (any surgical procedure involving the heart)