balloon angioplasty

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noun Surgery.

a method of opening a clogged or narrowed blood vessel in which a small balloon is introduced into the vessel by means of a catheter and then inflated at the site of blockage.

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Words nearby balloon angioplasty

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How to use balloon angioplasty in a sentence

He was like an un-tied balloon that had been inflated and immediately released.
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She had grown so perfect and gentle and consoling that it was unbearable, she was a big, round smooth balloon without a face.
Tove Jansson, Queen of the Moomins|John Garth|August 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Great Texas Balloon Race on July 29th-August 4th feature daily races with some of the best balloon pilot talent in the game.
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Manned, unmanned, a balloon, a kite—you still have to get the information into the hands of the firefighters.
Fighting Wildfire With Satellites, Lasers, and Drones|Elizabeth Lopatto|July 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

This was a tethered reconnaissance balloon, as first used 220 years ago in the French Revolutionary War.
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For, at that moment Squinty stood up on his hind legs, as the boy had taught him, and walked over toward the big balloon basket.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
Squinty cuddled down in the basket of the balloon, between two bags full of something, and shivered.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
There were a great many of them in the balloon, and Squinty thought they must have something good in them.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
Mandy Ann had put on her best frock, a white one, stiff with starch, and standing out like a small balloon.
The Cromptons|Mary J. Holmes
There was nothing left before him now but San Francisco or a balloon; heaven being out of the question.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton

Medical definitions for balloon angioplasty

balloon angioplasty

A procedure in which a catheter equipped with a tiny balloon at the tip is inserted into an artery that has been narrowed by the accumulation of fatty deposits. The balloon is then inflated to clear the blockage and widen the artery.