pontine
adjective
of or relating to the pons.
pontine
1 American
[pon-tahyn, -teen]
/ ˈpɒn taɪn, -tin /
adjective
Anatomy.
Pontine
2
American
[pon-teen, -tahyn]
/ ˈpɒn tin, -taɪn /
adjective
pontine
British
/ ˈpɒntaɪn /
adjective
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of or relating to bridges
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of or relating to the pons Varolii
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of pontine
Example Sentences
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This is true of one especially horrible type of brain cancer, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.
From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2023
“This process of iteration, of bench-to-bedside, then bedside-to-bench, again and again, is how we will eventually cure diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma,” she says.
From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2022
State Sen. Brice Wiggins is among a local delegation of state lawmakers working to designate one day each year to honor the 7-year-old in her battle with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, known as DPIG.
From Washington Times • Apr. 8, 2017
The second respiratory center of the brain is located within the pons, called the pontine respiratory group, and consists of the apneustic and pneumotaxic centers.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The ordinary of Newgate, my lord's chaplain, or the masters of Merchant Taylors', Paul's, or Charterhouse schools, who produced the wonderful pontine inscription, must have winced under the blows of this jester's bladderful of peas.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
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