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heart surgery vs open-heart surgery

open-heart surgery vs heart surgery

heart surgery and open-heart surgery both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
heart surgery Yes No No No
open-heart surgery Yes No No No
As nouns, open-heart surgery is a hyponym of heart surgery; that is, open-heart surgery is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than heart surgery:
  • heart surgery: any surgical procedure involving the heart
  • open-heart surgery: 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
Other hyponyms of heart surgery include closed-heart surgery.
heart surgery (noun) open-heart surgery (noun)
any surgical procedure involving the heart 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
Difference between heart surgery and open-heart surgery

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