cirugía de bypass
/θiɾuxia de bipass/from spelling rules
In Spanish, bypass surgery is cirugía de bypass.
This phrase refers to a medical procedure used to improve blood flow to the heart by creating a new path around a blocked artery. While the technical medical term is revascularización, cirugía de bypass is the common way to refer to the procedure in both clinical and everyday settings.
Which one should you use?
Cirugía de bypass and Cirugía de derivación are both considered formal ways to express this procedure. Use revascularización when you want to use the specific technical medical term.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Spain, the term cirugía de by-pass is often used. In Mexico and several Latin American countries, you will commonly hear both operación de bypass and cirugía de bypass.
Did you know?
- While bypass is a direct borrowing from English, Spanish speakers often refer to the procedure simply as un puente, which means 'a bridge'.
- In some medical contexts, doctors use the term puenteo to describe the act of creating the bypass, treating the medical process like an electrical bypass.
- The word cirugía actually shares a hidden connection with your own hands, as it is derived from the Ancient Greek word for 'handwork'.
Examples in context
- El paciente necesita una cirugía de bypass.The patient needs bypass surgery.
- La cirugía de bypass fue todo un éxito.The bypass surgery was a total success.
- Mañana le realizarán la cirugía de bypass.They will perform the bypass surgery on him tomorrow.
Example conversation
Lucía and Javier are talking about a family member's health at the hospital.
- Lucía¿Cómo salió la cirugía de bypass de tu padre?How did your father's bypass surgery go?
- JavierTodo salió muy bien, Lucía.Everything went very well, Lucía.
- LucíaMe alegro mucho de que esté estable.I am very happy that he is stable.
- JavierGracias, ahora solo necesita descansar.Thank you, now he just needs to rest.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries bypass, cirugía, de, CC BY-SA 4.0.
