pontine

¹

[ pon-tahyn, -teen ]

adjective

, Anatomy.

1. of or relating to the pons.

Pontine

²

[ pon-teen, -tahyn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the Pontine Marshes.

pontine

/ ˈpɒntaɪn /

adjective

1. of or relating to bridges
2. of or relating to the pons Varolii

Other Words From

• sub-Pontine adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pontine¹

1885–90; < Latin pont- (stem of pōns ) pons + -ine ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of pontine¹

C19: from Latin pons bridge

Example Sentences

Melodrama, etc., may be very successful at a trans-pontine theatre, but it is unpardonably out of place in our salons.

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The Pontine Marches have long been the worst breeding places for mosquitoes known to a suffering world.

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Of the Pontine Marshes themselves it is certain that they are not salubrious, and malaria is most prevalent near them.

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Cisterna di Roma, a dozen kilometres further on, is a typical hill top town overlooking the Pontine Marshes below.

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Arbuthnot's visit has quite set me up, like a whiff of London in the Pontine marshes of Trieste.

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