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What is the medical term meaning redirection of the flow of body fluid from one cavity or vessel to another?

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What is the medical term meaning to redirect the flow of body fluid from one cavity or vessel to another?

Shunt


What is shunt current and a armature current?

The terms 'shunt' and 'armature' apply to a particular type of d.c. motor, in which the field windings are connected in parallel with the armature windings. 'Shunt' is an archaic term for 'parallel', so the term 'shunt', in this context, means that the field winding is connected in parallel with the armature winding. The terms 'shunt current' and 'armature current', then describe the currents flowing in the shunt winding and armature winding, respectively.


How is a shunt coil installed?

'Shunt' is an archaic term, meaning 'in parallel with'. So a 'shunt coil' is connected 'in parallel' with... With what, of course, depends upon what sort of device you are talking about. For example the field coil of a d.c. shunt-connected motor has its field winding connected in parallel ('shunt') with the supply.


What is the term means to divert or make an artificial passage?

Shunt


Is the dc shunt motor does not have any brushes?

No. A d.c. 'shunt' motor is one whose stator's field windings are connected in parallel with its rotor windings ('shunt' is simply an archic term for 'parallel'); it does not mean that the rotor can function without brushes.


What is DC shunt motor?

A shunt DC motor connects the armature and field windings in parallel or shunt with a common D.C. power source. This type of motor has good speed regulation even as the load varies, but does not have the starting torque of a series DC motor


What are the differences of Long shunt vs short shunt generator?

In long shunt the shunt field winding is in parallel to both generator and series field. In short shunt the shunt field is in parallel to generator only.


How do you use shunt in a sentence?

The word 'shunt' is both a noun (shunt, shunts) and a verb (shunt, shunts, shunting, shunted).Examples:He had to have a heart shunt put in. (noun)The engineer will shunt the train onto that track instead. (verb)


What is the medical term for listen?

Ausculatate is the medical term meaning listen.


What is the medical term meaning open heart surgery to create a shunt around a blocked vessel?

Coronary arterial bypass graft, or CABG (pronounced cabbage). In common language, a heart bypass.Coronary artery bypass graftCoronary artery bypass graft


What is the medical term for extraocular movement?

That is the medical term.