SHUNT

Definition of SHUNT

  1. (verb)transfer to another track, of trains
  2. (verb)provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
  3. (noun)a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another
  4. (noun)a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
  5. (noun)implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body