#shunt a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus shunt"
supertype: #passage.anatomical_structure__passageway a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass; "the nasal passages"
subtype: #bypass a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
subtype: #portacaval_shunt shunt that is created surgically between the portal vein and the inferior vena cava so that blood from the abdominal organs can bypass the liver
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