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DE BAKEY
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• DE BAKEY (noun)
The noun DE BAKEY has 1 sense:
1. United States heart surgeon who in 1966 implanted the first artificial heart in a human patient (born in 1908)
Familiarity information: DE BAKEY used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States heart surgeon who in 1966 implanted the first artificial heart in a human patient (born in 1908)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
De Bakey; Michael Ellis De Bakey
Instance hypernyms:
operating surgeon; sawbones; surgeon (a physician who specializes in surgery)
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