shunt

The act or process of turning aside or moving to an alternate course.

A railroad switch.

A low-resistance connection between two points in an electric circuit that forms an alternative path for a portion of the current.

A passage between two natural body channels, such as blood vessels, especially one created surgically to divert or permit flow from one pathway or region to another; a bypass.

To turn or move aside or onto another course.

To evade by putting aside or ignoring.

To switch (a train or car) from one track to another.

To provide or divert (current) by means of a shunt.

To divert or permit flow of (a body fluid) from one pathway or region to another by surgical means.

To move or turn aside.