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verb (used with object)
1.
to shove or turn (someone or something) aside or out of the way.
2.
to sidetrack; get rid of.
3.
Electricity.
a.
to divert (a part of a current) by connecting a circuit element in parallel with another.
b.
to place or furnish with a shunt.
4.
Railroads. to shift (rolling stock) from one track to another; switch.
5.
EXPANDSurgery.
a.
to divert blood or other fluid by means of a shunt.
b.
the tube itself.
6.
to move or turn aside or out of the way.
7.
COLLAPSE(of a locomotive with rolling stock) to move from track to track or from point to point, as in a railroad yard; switch.
noun
8.
the act of shunting; shift.
9.
10.
a railroad switch.
11.
Surgery. a channel through which blood or other bodily fluid is diverted from its normal path by surgical reconstruction or by a synthetic tube.
12.
Anatomy. an anastomosis.
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adjective
13.
Electricity. being, having, or operating by means of a shunt: a shunt circuit; a shunt generator.
Origin:
1175–1225; (v.) Middle English schunten, shonten to shy (said of horses); (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.; akin to shun
1175–1225; (v.) Middle English schunten, shonten to shy (said of horses); (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.; akin to shun
Related forms
shunt·er, noun
un·shunt·ed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
shunt
early 13c., perhaps from shunen "to shun" (see shun). Adopted by railways 1842 as a verb, 1862 as a noun, and by technicians in the sense of "electrical conductor" from 1863. Medical use dates from 1923.
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Medical Dictionary
shunt (shŭnt)
n.
A passage between two natural body channels, such as blood vessels, especially one created surgically to divert or permit flow from one pathway or region to another; a bypass.
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