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Definition of Bypass

1. Noun. A highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center.

2. Verb. Avoid something unpleasant or laborious. "You cannot bypass these rules!"

3. Noun. A surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part).

4. Noun. A conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current.

Definition of Bypass

1. n. A by- passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course.

Definition of Bypass

1. to avoid by going around [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Medical Definition of Bypass

1. 1. A shunt or auxiliary flow. 2. To create new flow from one structure to another through a diversionary channel. A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course. See: shunt. Source: Websters Dictionary (20 Jun 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bypass

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