Meaning of BYPASS

Pronunciation:			'bIpâs
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  a road that takes traffic around the edge of a town [n]  a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current [n]  a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part) [v]  avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!"
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	Synonyms:		circumferential, electrical shunt, get around, go around, ring road, short-circuit, shunt
	See Also:		avoid, circuit, conductor, electric circuit, electrical circuit, road, route, shunt
Medical Dictionary
	Definition:		A surgical procedure in which the doctor creates a new pathway for the flow of body fluids.
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Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		alley, alleyway, ambages, arterial, arterial highway, arterial street, artery, Autobahn, autoroute, autostrada, avenue, avoid, back door, back road, back stairs, back street, back way, belt highway, bestride, blind alley, boulevard, burke, by-lane, bypath, byroad, bystreet, byway, camino real, carriageway, causeway, causey, chaussee, circuit, circumbendibus, circumferential, circumnavigate, circumvent, close, corduroy road, county road, court, crescent, cross, cul-de-sac, dead-end street, detour, deviate, deviation, digress, digression, dike, dirt road, drive, driveway, evade, excursion, expressway, ford, freeway, get ahead of, get round, give the go-by, go across, go around, go by, go round, go round about, gravel road, highroad, highway, highways and byways, ignore, interstate highway, lane, local road, main drag, main road, make a detour, mews, motorway, overstride, parkway, pass, pass by, pass over, pave, paved road, pike, place, plank road, primary highway, private road, right-of-way, ring road, road, roadbed, roadway, roundabout, roundabout way, route nationale, row, royal road, secondary road, shoot ahead of, side door, side road, side street, sidestep, skirt, speedway, state highway, step over, straddle, street, superhighway, terrace, thoroughfare, through street, thruway, toll road, township road, turnpike, US highway, wynd