PONS


Meaning of PONS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpänz ]

noun

( plural pon·tes ˈpän-ˌtēz)

Etymology: New Latin, short for pons Varolii

Date: 1831

: a broad mass of chiefly transverse nerve fibers in the mammalian brain stem lying ventral to the cerebellum at the anterior end of the medulla oblongata — see brain illustration

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