PONTES

PONS

pons, pons Varolii

(noun) a band of nerve fibers linking the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with the midbrain

Pons, Lily Pons, Alice-Josephine Pons

(noun) United States coloratura soprano (born in France) (1904-1976)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

pontes

plural of pons

Anagrams

• netops, posnet, septon, step on

Source: Wiktionary

PONS

Pons, n.; pl. Pontes. Etym: [L., a bridge.] (Anat.)

Definition: A bridge; -- applied to several parts which connect others, but especially to the pons Varolii, a prominent band of nervous tissue situated on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata and connected at each side with the hemispheres of the cerebellum; the mesocephalon. See Brain. Pons asinorum. Etym: [L., literally, bridge of asses.] See Asses' bridge, under Ass.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition