de bakey

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

   SynonymsMichael Ellis De Bakey

   Broadersurgeon

Questions about de bakey

What does de bakey mean?

de bakey means "United States heart surgeon who in 1966 implanted the first artificial heart in a human patient (born in 1908)".

What is another word for de bakey?

Close synonyms include Michael Ellis De Bakey. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is de bakey a common word?

de bakey is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.