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bypass operation

Variant of bypass

noun

  1. 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
  2. a pipe or channel providing an auxiliary passage for gas or liquid, as that leading to the pilot light in a gas stove
  3. 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

  1. to go around instead of through; use a bypass to avoid
  2. to furnish with a bypass
  3. to ignore, fail to consult, etc.
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