adj 1  :  of, relating to, or being an artificial shunt between a ventricle of the brain and an atrium of the heart esp. to drain cerebrospinal fluid (as in hydrocephalus)  2  :  of, relating to, or being conduction from the ventricle to the atrium of the heart .
 
 
 
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