## Meanings
1. To avoid or go around something, such as a rule, problem, or place.
2. A road that goes around a town or busy area so traffic does not pass through the center.
3. A surgical operation that redirects blood around a blocked or damaged part of the body.

## Examples
- We took a back road to bypass the heavy traffic.
- The new bypass has made the town center much quieter.
- He had heart bypass surgery last year.

## Derived Forms
- antibypass
- bypassability
- bypassable
- bypasser
- microbypass
- postbypass
- prebypass
- unbypassed

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *bypassen

## Etymology
From Middle English *bypassen, *bipassen (suggested by past participle by-past, bipast), equivalent to by- + pass.

## AI Etymology
Bypass is from Middle English *bypassen, *bipassen (suggested by past participle by-past, bipast), equivalent to by- + pass. In present-day use, it can mean to avoid or go around something, such as a rule, problem, or place, or a road that goes around a town or busy area so traffic does not pass through the center. Derived formations include antibypass, bypassability, bypassable, bypasser, and microbypass.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction
- Places & Geography

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