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• OPEN-HEART SURGERY (noun) The noun OPEN-HEART SURGERY has 1 sense: 1. 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 Familiarity information: OPEN-HEART SURGERY used as a noun is very rare.
