noun
United States heart surgeon who in 1966 implanted the first artificial heart in a human patient (born in 1908)
• Syn: ↑Michael Ellis De Bakey
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑surgeon, ↑operating surgeon, ↑sawbones
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/deuh bay"kee/
Michael Ellis, born 1908, U.S. physician: pioneer in heart surgery.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.