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Pontine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of or relating to bridges.

adj. Of or relating to a pons, especially the pons Varolii.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Of or pertaining to the pons in the brain stem.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Of or pertaining to an extensive marshy district between Rome and Naples.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Of or relating to an extensive marshy district southeast of Rome, called the Pontine Marshes.

Same as pontile.

Word Usage

"Mikey, Mr. Czech's only son, died three years ago from complications associated with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, a rare, inoperable brain cancer."

Variant

pomptine

Form

pontine artery pontine glioma pontine cistern pontine flexure

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