shunt (redirected from cardiovascular shunt)

shunt

To divert, switch or bypass.

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shunt

1. a railway point

2. Electronics a low-resistance conductor connected in parallel across a device, circuit, or part of a circuit to provide an alternative path for a known fraction of the current

3. Med a channel that bypasses the normal circulation of the blood: a congenital abnormality or surgically induced

4. Brit informal a collision which occurs when a vehicle runs into the back of the vehicle in front

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shunt [shənt]

(civil engineering)

To shove or turn off to one side, as a car or train from one track to another.

(electricity)

A precision low-value resistor placed across the terminals of an ammeter to increase its range by allowing a known fraction of the circuit current to go around the meter. Also known as electric shunt.

To place one part in parallel with another.

parallel

(electromagnetism)

A piece of iron that provides a parallel path for magnetic flux around an air gap in a magnetic circuit.

(medicine)

A vascular passage by which blood is diverted from its normal circulatory path; frequently it is a surgical passage created between two blood vessels, but it may also be an anatomical feature.