Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A slender tissue joining two parts of an organ.
- noun A band of nerve fibers on the ventral surface of the brain stem that links the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with upper portions of the brain.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, a part which connects two parts, as if bridging the interval between them.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) A bridge; -- applied to several parts which connect others, but especially to the
pons Varolii , a prominent band of nervous tissue situated on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata and connected at each side with the hemispheres of the cerebellum; the mesocephalon. Seebrain . - noun See Asses' bridge, under
Ass .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy A bridge-like
tissue connecting two parts of anorgan - noun anatomy A band of
nerve fibres , the pons Varolii, within thebrain stem
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a band of nerve fibers linking the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with the midbrain
- noun United States coloratura soprano (born in France) (1904-1976)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The office of the pontifex was originally that of building and keeping custody of the bridges of the city, the name being derived from the Latin word pons, which signifies bridge.
History of Julius Caesar Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879 1904
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The rest of the dorsal part of the pons is a continuation upward of the formatio reticularis of the medulla oblongata, and, like it, presents the appearance of a network, in the meshes of which are numerous nerve cells.
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A blood clot had formed in a part of their son's brain stem called the pons, causing a stroke right at the juncture where his body met his mind.
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A blood clot had formed in a part of their son's brain stem called the pons, causing a stroke right at the juncture where his body met his mind.
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Anybody who wants to * be* hither with any urgency at all will disregard the pom pons.
Perfecting your “come hither” look « Awful Library Books 2010
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And in my opinion it's not much more useful when Get Out the Vote groups act like cheerleaders, waving their pom-pons while ignoring the disillusionment all around them.
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“But an ox bridge,” Simon quipped, “can be no better that a pons asinorum.”
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And in my opinion it's not much more useful when Get Out the Vote groups act like cheerleaders, waving their pom-pons while ignoring the disillusionment all around them.
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In such meticulously selected cases brain tissue was examined histologically; samples were taken from brain hemispheres, basal ganglia, the pons, the oblongate and from the cerebellum.
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In such meticulously selected cases brain tissue was examined histologically; samples were taken from brain hemispheres, basal ganglia, the pons, the oblongate and from the cerebellum.
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