shunt

Noun

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

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

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

Verb

• provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt

• transfer to another track, of trains

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  electrical shunt , bypass