MICHAEL ELLIS DE BAKEY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

United States heart surgeon who in 1966 implanted the first artificial heart in a human patient (born in 1908)

Synonyms:

De Bakey; Michael Ellis De Bakey

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

operating surgeon; sawbones; surgeon (a physician who specializes in surgery)

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