What is another word for shunt?
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What is a shunt?
What is a shunt operation?
How to use a shunt?
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Pronunciation:
[ ʃˈʌnt], [ ʃˈʌnt], [ ʃ_ˈʌ_n_t]
Related words: shunt operation, shunt valve, shunt surgery, shunt type
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Similar words for shunt:
- artifact (noun)
- bypass (noun)
- electrical shunt (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- avert (verb)
- delegate (verb)
- other relevant words (verb)
- propel (verb)
- swing (verb)
- switch (verb)
- turn (verb)
- other synonyms
- delegate
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Shunt:
n.
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- blowout,
- aquaplane,
- break down,
- accident,
- broadside,
- bang up,
- breakdown,
- car crash,
- blindside,
- collision.
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- defibrillator,
- catheter,
- drain,
- balloon,
- ecg,
- ekg,
- drip,
- electrocardiograph,
- electrocardiogram,
- eeg.
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- jump a train,
- passenger,
- coach.
v.
• avert (verb)- foil,
- deter,
- deflect,
- avoid,
- rule out,
- forestall,
- preclude,
- fend off,
- prevent,
- stave off,
- divert,
- frustrate,
- halt.
- devolve,
- give,
- consign,
- parcel out,
- hold responsible for,
- relegate,
- entrust,
- send on mission,
- hand over,
- send on errand,
- authorize,
- pass on.
- pitch,
- shove,
- drive,
- fire,
- launch,
- fling,
- hurl,
- heave,
- pelt,
- thrust,
- impel,
- bowl,
- propel,
- prod,
- precipitate,
- compel,
- chuck,
- throw,
- catapult,
- cant,
- butt,
- goad,
- project,
- toss,
- lob,
- ram,
- push,
- flick,
- bunt,
- sling,
- cast.
Other synonyms:
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- send,
- maneuver,
- sweep,
- blow,
- second class.
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- first class,
- work,
- rail.
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- bear.
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- scratch.
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- class.
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- get.
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- take.
- inverses,
- changes course,
- sheers,
- change position,
- switching,
- turn away,
- Preventing,
- aways,
- turns away,
- fending off,
- turn aside,
- detouring,
- redirected,
- shunts,
- Sheering,
- look away,
- Zigzagged,
- delegate,
- go back,
- be pendent,
- turned aside,
- swinging,
- rechanneled,
- turn,
- Shunted,
- volte-faces,
- rechannelling,
- shove aside,
- pendulating,
- Shunting,
- turning away,
- turn about,
- avert,
- redirects,
- traded,
- face about,
- up set,
- change course,
- detoured,
- zigzags,
- Zigzagging,
- inter-change,
- wiggle,
- turning aside,
- shy away,
- volte-face,
- turned away,
- turned about,
- redirect,
- turning about,
- Pendulate,
- switch,
- redirecting,
- rechannel,
- turn on an axis,
- ward off,
- shoved aside,
- inversed,
- rechanneling,
- Sheered,
- rechannels,
- swing.
- interchange,
- waft,
- veer,
- ringway,
- concurrent,
- siding,
- bear off,
- relocate,
- defer,
- device,
- displace,
- embark,
- synchronous,
- carry away,
- ease off,
- fade,
- delocalize,
- turn back,
- circumferential,
- draw away,
- haw,
- beltway,
- transpose,
- digress,
- billabong,
- sidle,
- coincident,
- lay aside,
- strike,
- driving force,
- propelling,
- sidestep,
- nudge,
- take cover,
- shifty,
- edge off,
- gee,
- truancy,
- branch,
- oblique,
- elude,
- shelve,
- draw off,
- warp,
- crash,
- evasion,
- turn over to,
- shy,
- side,
- detour,
- obviate,
- steer clear of,
- forward,
- pole,
- evasive,
- row,
- sidetrack,
- set by,
- dislodge,
- crook,
- jib,
- ship,
- Intervert,
- go off,
- postpone,
- relay,
- distract,
- turn-out,
- shun,
- head off,
- adjourn,
- Shoving,
- glance,
- simultaneous,
- cart away,
- By-pass,
- lay off,
- remove,
- treadle,
- drag,
- step aside,
- draw aside,
- distance,
- circuitous,
- fly off,
- push aside,
- parts,
- glance off,
- sheer off,
- pedal,
- troll,
- carry off,
- devious,
- move,
- coincidental,
- motive power,
- propulsion,
- deliver,
- change,
- evade,
- post,
- shuttle,
- sweep along,
- mail,
- shirk,
- ambiguous,
- ring road,
- put aside,
- trundle,
- avoidance.
How to use "Shunt" in context?
When a shunt is placed in a person's brain, it's often done to relieve pressure from a tumor. A shunt is also used when a person has an aneurysm, a long, narrow hole in the brain. A shunt can also be used to treat hydrocephalus, a medical condition in which the accumulation of fluid on the brain causes pressure.
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Homophones for Shunt:
- shogunate, sent, shamed, sausage hound, sunday, signed, segmented, SCNT, sendee, snot, seamed, sainthood, sand, seamount, snit, summit, secant, seanad, Sweeney Todd, santee, squint-eyed, squinty, synod, segment, Santa, sonant, somewhat, scend, send out, second, sigmoid, Sennit, squint, shandy, smoothie, swim meet, semite, sindhi, snoot, sonnet, signet, snout, sequent, smoothed, San Mateo, smite, Sa Node, somite, snotty, samhita, snood, sciaenidae, sash window, scant, sun hat, sanitate, sanity, show window, send away, saint, sennett, summate, skint, smut, seasoned, smooth out, squamata, sundew, Snead, sonata, skinned, smoothy, squint-eye, samite, smith, sciaenid, sunnite, smutty, scanty, sente, sound out, samoyede, samnite, seniti, sound, sandy, sounded, secondo, samoyed, scent out, sun tea, smithy, sea chantey, shinto, sainted, sundae, shanty, senate, sigint, seminude, sunhat, smooth, shindy, scent, Sesamoid, snooty, skinhead, skimmed, sausage meat, shine at, schmidt, Sequoia Gigantea, sinuate, scented, sandhi, send, sequined, Shuha Shinto, skanda, sea mat, snow-white, synonymity, snide.
Hypernym for Shunt:
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Portacaval Shunt, bypass.
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Hyponym for Shunt:
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