Defenition of the word shunt

Defenition of the word shunt
- A passage that is made to allow blood or other fluid to move from one part of the body to another.
- (Electricity) To divert a part of a current by connecting a circuit element in parallel with another.
- tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body
- a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus shunt"
- transfer to another track, of trains
- provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
- a low-resistance conductor connected in parallel with a device to divert a fraction of the current
- implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body
- a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
- a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another