noun
a band of nerve fibers linking the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with the midbrain
• Syn: ↑pons
• Hypernyms: ↑neural structure
• Part Holonyms: ↑brainstem, ↑brain-stem, ↑brain stem
• Part Meronyms: ↑respiratory center
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nounsee pons
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/veuh roh"lee uy'/, pl. pontes Varolii.
pons (def. 1).
[1685-95; NL: lit., Varoli's bridge; named after Varoli, Italian anatomist (1543-75)]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.