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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In the late 1920s, the regime reclaimed the land from the malaria-rife Pontine swamps, both to gain fields for cultivation and to prove it could make the area habitable.
From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2021
His cancer, Diffused Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, is a tumor that starts in the brain stem and is always fatal, on average within nine months.
From Washington Times • Jan. 31, 2021
For hundreds of years up to the fifth century ad, the malarial Pontine Marshes around Rome staved off attacks by Carthaginians, Germanic tribes and Huns, yet weakened Roman citizens.
From Nature • Aug. 11, 2019
Which argument leads us to the idea that reflooding the Pontine Marshes or the Fens would lead to an increase in the wealth of the nation.
From Forbes • Jun. 5, 2014
We slept at Velletri, a pretty town of some twelve thousand inhabitants, which stands on a hill-side, leaning down to the Pontine marshes.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker
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