gastric bypass

The definition of gastric bypass is an operation that surgically makes the stomach smaller and then skips a portion of the small intestine to limit the amount of food a severely obese person can take in.

(noun)

An example of a gastric bypass is a surgery for a very large person who can’t lose weight any other way.

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