Term: 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
Broader: heart surgery: any surgical procedure involving the heart | Unrelated: meringue: sweet topping especially for pies made of beaten egg whites and sugar
Broader: heart surgery: any surgical procedure involving the heart | Unrelated: sarcorhamphus: usually containing only the king vulture
Broader: heart surgery: any surgical procedure involving the heart | Unrelated: nasal concha: one of several turbinate bones in the nasal cavity
Broader: heart surgery: any surgical procedure involving the heart | Unrelated: imprint: a device produced by pressure on a surface
Broader: heart surgery: any surgical procedure involving the heart | Unrelated: hendiadys: use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier
Broader: heart surgery: any surgical procedure involving the heart | Unrelated: smoked eel: eel cured by smoking
Broader: heart surgery: any surgical procedure involving the heart | Unrelated: cairn: a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path
Broader: heart surgery: any surgical procedure involving the heart | Unrelated: battery acid: dilute sulfuric acid used in storage batteries
Broader: heart surgery: any surgical procedure involving the heart | Unrelated: dog stinkhorn: a stinkhorn having a stalk without a cap; the slimy gleba is simply plastered on its surface near the apex where winged insects can find it
Broader: heart surgery: any surgical procedure involving the heart | Unrelated: orangery: a place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas