"suprapontine" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "supra",
        "3": "pons",
        "4": "ine"
      },
      "expansion": "supra- + pons + -ine",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "supra- + pons + -ine",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "suprapontine (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with supra-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ine",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "en:Anatomy",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Medicine",
          "orig": "en:Medicine",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1998, EM Horn, TG Waldrop, “Suprapontine control of respiration”, in Respir Physiol, volume 114, number 3, pages 201–211",
          "text": "Despite focus on brainstem areas in central respiratory control, regions rostral to the medulla and pons are now recognized as being important in modulating respiratory outflow during various physiological states. The focus of this review is to highlight the role that suprapontine areas of the mammalian brain play in ventilatory control mechanisms. New imaging techniques have become invaluable in confirming and broadening our understanding of the manner in which the cerebral cortex of humans contributes to respiratory control during volitional breathing.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Superior to a pons; as (usually, more specifically) superior to the pons Varolii."
      ],
      "id": "en-suprapontine-en-adj-39Na2s7u",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "Superior",
          "Superior"
        ],
        [
          "pons",
          "pons"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy, medicine) Superior to a pons; as (usually, more specifically) superior to the pons Varolii."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "suprapontine"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "supra",
        "3": "pons",
        "4": "ine"
      },
      "expansion": "supra- + pons + -ine",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "supra- + pons + -ine",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "suprapontine (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms prefixed with supra-",
        "English terms suffixed with -ine",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncomparable adjectives",
        "en:Anatomy",
        "en:Medicine"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1998, EM Horn, TG Waldrop, “Suprapontine control of respiration”, in Respir Physiol, volume 114, number 3, pages 201–211",
          "text": "Despite focus on brainstem areas in central respiratory control, regions rostral to the medulla and pons are now recognized as being important in modulating respiratory outflow during various physiological states. The focus of this review is to highlight the role that suprapontine areas of the mammalian brain play in ventilatory control mechanisms. New imaging techniques have become invaluable in confirming and broadening our understanding of the manner in which the cerebral cortex of humans contributes to respiratory control during volitional breathing.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Superior to a pons; as (usually, more specifically) superior to the pons Varolii."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "Superior",
          "Superior"
        ],
        [
          "pons",
          "pons"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy, medicine) Superior to a pons; as (usually, more specifically) superior to the pons Varolii."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "suprapontine"
}