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shunt
has definitions from the fields of surgery,physics,electricity,anatomy,zoology
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[ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another
Examples "an arteriovenus shunt" Used in print (Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)It is distinctly possible , therefore , that simultaneous pressures in all three vessels would have rendered the shunts inoperable and hence , uninjectable . In_other_words , the anastomoses between the bronchial_artery and pulmonary_artery should be considered as functional or demand shunts . Verloop ( ' 48 ; ' 49 ) found these shunts in the human_being but was unable to find them in rats . The possibility that the absence or presence of these shunts is species dependent is therefore inferred . It is , however , highly suggestive and agrees well with our own findings in which we also failed to demonstrate normally occurring bronchial_artery pulmonary_artery shunts in certain species , especially the dog . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (physics,electricity) a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
Synonyms Used in print (Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)The current was regulated by_means_of a variable_resistor and measured with a 50 mV shunt and millivoltmeter . |
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[ verb ] transfer to another track, of trains
Used in print (Los Angeles Times...)Shunted aside by the rampant organizers for John_F._Kennedy last year , who relegated it to a somewhat subordinate role in the Presidential campaign , the CDC plainly intends to provide the party 's campaign muscle in 1962 . |
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[ verb ] provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
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[ noun ] (surgery) implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body
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