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bypassIn communications, to avoid the local telephone company by using satellites and microwave systems. bypass 1. a main road built to avoid a city or other congested area 2. any system of pipes or conduits for redirecting the flow of a liquid 3. a means of redirecting the flow of a substance around an appliance through which it would otherwise pass 4. Surgery a. the redirection of blood flow, either to avoid a diseased blood vessel or in order to perform heart surgery b. (as modifier): bypass surgery 5. Electronics a. an electrical circuit, esp one containing a capacitor, connected in parallel around one or more components, providing an alternative path for certain frequencies b. (as modifier): a bypass capacitor How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Quickly earning the nickname ``the Bypass Four'' after leaving half a dozen other relay teams - whose runners had not undergone bypass surgery - in the dust. Trying to fund a bypass trust can be problematic if clients only have a residence and a large retirement plan as their major assets. Nondiabetic patients with at least some apoE-II protein experienced a 34 percent jump in creatinine concentrations after bypass surgery, and those with only apoE-III saw a 27 percent rise. |
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