open-heart surgery

English

Alternative forms

• open heart surgery

Noun

open-heart surgery (countable and uncountable, plural open-heart surgeries)

1. (surgery) A surgical operation on the heart done though a large incision in the chest.

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 體外循環心臟手術／体外循环心脏手术 (tǐwài xúnhuán xīnzàng shǒushù), 心內直視手術／心内直视手术 (xīnnèi zhíshì shǒushù), 心臟直視手術／心脏直视手术 (xīnzàng zhíshì shǒushù)

• Dutch: openhartoperatie (nl) f
• Finnish: avosydänleikkaus
• French: opération à cœur ouvert f
• German: Operation am offenen Herzen f
• Irish: obráid croí oscailte f
• Italian: operazione a cuore aperto f
• Polish: operacja na otwartym sercu f
• Russian: опера́ция на откры́том се́рдце (operácija na otkrýtom sérdce)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

References

• “open-heart surgery”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.