shunt
pronunciation
How to pronounce shunt in British English:
UK [ʃʌnt]
How to pronounce shunt in American English:
US [ʃʌnt]
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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
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- Verb:
- transfer to another track, of trains
- provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
Word Origin
- shunt (v.)
- early 13c., "to shy, start," perhaps from shunen "to shun" (see shun), and altered by influence of shot or shut. Meaning "to turn aside" is from late 14c.; that of "move out of the way" is from 1706. Adopted by railways from 1842. Related: Shunted; shunting.
- shunt (n.)
- 1838, in railway use, from shunt (v.). By technicians in the sense of "electrical conductor" from 1863. Medical use dates from 1923.
Example
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- 2. Nickel allergy to intracardiac shunt closure devices .
- 3. Application of paraumbilical vein in the surgical shunt of portal hypertension .
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- 5. The reason with economic slow shunt reachs mongolia nation lesson .