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Shunt

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-007740

In medicine, a passage that is made to allow blood or other fluid to move from one part of the body to another. For example, a surgeon may implant a tube to drain cerebrospinal fluid from the brain to the abdomen. A surgeon may also change normal blood flow by making a passage that leads from one blood vessel to another.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-007740
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-007740",
  "term": "Shunt",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "In medicine, a passage that is made to allow blood or other fluid to move from one part of the body to another. For example, a surgeon may implant a tube to drain cerebrospinal fluid from the brain to the abdomen. A surgeon may also change normal blood flow by making a passage that leads from one blood vessel to another.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/shunt/"
}

Record 14,952 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.