shunt
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Noun
- A passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another
- A conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
- Implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body
Verb
- Transfer to another track, of trains
- Provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
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