"pons" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɑnz/ [General-American], /ˈpɒnz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpoʊnz/ [General-American], /ˈpəʊnz/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pons.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pontes [plural]
enPR: pŏnz [Received-Pronunciation], pōnz [Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -ɒnz, -ɑnz Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pōns (“bridge”). Doublet of Pontus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|pōns|t=bridge}} Latin pōns (“bridge”), {{doublet|en|Pontus}} Doublet of Pontus Head templates: {{en-noun|pontes}} pons (plural pontes)
  1. (anatomy) A bridge-like tissue connecting two parts of an organ. Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (bridge-like tissua): silta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-pons-en-noun-v2IBQR7o Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'bridge-like tissua': 100 0
  2. (neuroanatomy) A band of nerve fibres, from the Latin term pōns Varoliī, within the brain stem. Categories (topical): Neuroanatomy, Brain Translations (part of the brain): جسر (Arabic), most [masculine] (Czech), cerba ponto (Esperanto), sild (Estonian), ajusild (Estonian), aivosilta (Finnish), pont [masculine] (French), Pons [masculine] (German), γέφυρα (géfyra) [feminine] (Greek), pirik [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), hjernebro [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hjernebru [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hjernebru [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), most [masculine] (Polish), puente troncoencefálico [masculine] (Spanish), pons [masculine] (Spanish), hjärnbrygga (Swedish), pons (Swedish), köprü (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-pons-en-noun-x8N4IxTN Disambiguation of Brain: 39 61 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 85 Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences Disambiguation of 'part of the brain': 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Holonyms: brain stem, brainstem Related terms: pontine, pons asinorum

Inflected forms

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