shunt

Words with a similar base: electrical_shunt, shunt

'shunt'

[shunt.n.01] as in: a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another

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Examples:
an arteriovenus shunt

'shunt'

[shunt.n.02] as in: a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current

'shunt'

[shunt.n.03] as in: implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body

'shunt'

[shunt.v.01] as in: transfer to another track, of trains

'shunt'

[shunt.v.02] as in: provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt