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noun
A kind of cerebral shunt using two metal discs, each in a restrictive housing at the end of a tube, opened and closed by the pressure of fluid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Developed in 1960-62 by hydraulic engineer Stanley Wade, author Roald Dahl, and neurosurgeon Kenneth Till, after Roald Dahl's son Theo was severely injured.
