bypass

bypass Definition

by·pass (bī′pas′)

noun

a way, path, etc. between two points that avoids or is auxiliary to the main way; specif., an alternative highway route, as for skirting an urban area
a pipe or channel providing an auxiliary passage for gas or liquid, as that leading to the pilot light in a gas stove
Elec. shunt ()
1. a surgical operation to provide passage for a fluid, as blood, around a diseased or blocked part or organ
2. such a passage

transitive verb

bypass Synonyms

detour, temporary route, side road; see detour, road 1.

bypass Synonyms

avoid, circumvent, skirt, detour; see avoid, neglect 1.

bypass Usage Examples

Object

titan: Hopes of bypassing supermarket titans WHAT have supermarkets done for us?
blockage: SURGICAL BYPASS If the symptoms are severe and the patient is not suitable for angioplasty I will consider an operation to bypass the blockage.
firewall: However, when it has to access resources within the intranet, it can bypass the firewall when accessing hosts.
sump: A short exploration downstream ended after the oxbow bypassing a sump.
midfield: By playing direct football to the front two of Sam Gibbons and Ben Mackenzie we were able to bypass the midfield.

Adjective modifier

cardiopulmonary: A study was to investigating whether the use of cardiopulmonary bypass increased the risk of developing acute renal failure.
gastric: Gastric bypass A gastric bypass is also a highly effective weight loss surgery procedure.
a27: THE long-awaited A27 bypass at Arundel will be included in the government's next road-building p.. .
quadruple: He was 57 and had seemed to be making a good recovery from his quadruple heart bypass two weeks before.
coronary: Stroke, November 2001 Tissue engineering - the new coronary bypass?
triple: A " triple heart bypass " would have three separate grafts made at the same time.

Modifies a noun

grafting: Used during coronary artery bypass grafting, open-heart surgery, heart transplants.
graft: A coronary artery bypass graft ( or CABG ) improves blood flow to the heart.
surgery: On a personal note, I need to have heart bypass surgery fairly soon.
capacitor: Bypass capacitor trade studies and introduction to switching power integrity.
valve: Is it the " oil filter bypass valve " ?

Noun used with modifier

artery: A simple example of different methods of harvesting veins for use in coronary artery bypass surgery makes the point.
sump: The lower reaches have streams and sump bypasses which are still going.
carriageway: These days the A9 takes a dual carriageway bypass route which crosses the Moray Firth at Kessock bridge.
heart: A " triple heart bypass " would have three separate grafts made at the same time.

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