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shunt

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Definitions
noun

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

noun

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

“an arteriovenus shunt”

noun

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

verb

provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt

verb

transfer to another track, of trains

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