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NOUN (1)

1. 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;


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

open-heart surgery
    n 1: 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