pontage — meaning in English

English meaning

• bypass noun A road built to route traffic around a town or busy area.
• shunt verb To move something (often a train) onto a different track or path.

Senses

pontage is used for these senses in English:

• bypass (medicine) An alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass.
• shunt (surgery) A passage between body channels constructed surgically as a bypass; a tube inserted into the body to create such a passage.

bypass — full definition

1. noun A road built to route traffic around a town or busy area.
2. noun A surgical procedure that reroutes blood flow around a blocked or damaged part.
3. verb To avoid something by going around it, or to skip normal procedure.

shunt — full definition

1. verb To move something (often a train) onto a different track or path.
2. verb To divert something to a less important place or role.
3. noun A device or connection that provides an alternative path, such as for electric current or in the body.
4. noun A minor traffic collision.

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