"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 Forms: pontes [plural]
enPR: pŏnz [General-American], pōnz [General-American] 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: 25 75 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 5 5 17 63 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 18 70 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 21 79 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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      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "part of the brain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hjernebru"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "part of the brain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hjernebru"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "part of the brain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "most"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "part of the brain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "puente troncoencefálico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "part of the brain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pons"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "part of the brain",
      "word": "hjärnbrygga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "part of the brain",
      "word": "pons"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "part of the brain",
      "word": "köprü"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "pons"
  ],
  "word": "pons"
}

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