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Shunt Common

Shunt has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another

"an arteriovenus shunt"

2

a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current

3

implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body

4

An act of moving (suddenly), as due to a push or shove.

Verb
1

transfer to another track, of trains

2

provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt

3

To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a (sudden) start to.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
passage conductor implant transfer deviate
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
bypass portacaval shunt
Rhyming Words
unt aunt munt lunt dunt sunt gunt punt funt runt hunt cunt taunt vaunt slunt naunt brunt prunt jaunt blunt
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