pons Varolii

American

[vuh-roh-lee-ahy] / vəˈroʊ liˌaɪ /

noun

pons.

pons Varolii British

/ vəˈrəʊlɪˌaɪ /

noun

Sometimes shortened to: pons. a broad white band of connecting nerve fibres that bridges the hemispheres of the cerebellum in mammals

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Etymology

Origin of pons Varolii

1685–95; < New Latin: literally, Varoli's bridge; named after Varoli, Italian anatomist (1543–75)

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Sharkey reports a case of tumor of the pons varolii and left crus cerebri, in which for months there was excessive generalized perspiration; it finally disappeared without treatment.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

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