a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; an arteriovenus shunt'

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

[ Syn: electrical shunt , bypass ]

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

transfer to another track, of trains

provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt