n.
Pronunciation: ' b ī - ˌ pas
Function: noun
Date: 1848
1 : a passage to one side especially : a deflected route usually around a town
2 a : a channel carrying a fluid around a part and back to the main stream b (1) : SHUNT 1B (2) : SHUNT 1C also : a surgical procedure for the establishment of a shunt <have a coronary bypass >