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shunt

noun verb

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

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Word Facts

Word length
5
Starts with
S
Ends with
T
Contains
HU
Scrabble score
8

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ʃʌnt

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noun

  1. Implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body

noun

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

noun

  1. A passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another

    “An arteriovenus shunt”

verb

  1. Transfer to another track, of trains

verb

  1. Provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt

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Example Sentences

An arteriovenus shunt

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