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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

    Synonyms for the word shunt

      • electrical shunt
      • force
      • jolt
      • move
      • push
      • shove
      • thrust

    Similar words in the shunt

      • shunt
      • shunted
      • shunting
      • shunts

    Meronymys for the word shunt

      • circuit
      • electric circuit
      • electrical circuit

    Hyponyms for the word shunt

      • bypass
      • portacaval shunt

    Hypernyms for the word shunt

      • conductor
      • deviate
      • implant
      • passage
      • passageway
      • shift
      • transfer

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