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The Meaning of pons

  • (n.) A bridge; -- applied to several parts which connect others, but especially to the pons Varolii, a prominent band of nervous tissue situated on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata and connected at each side with the hemispheres of the cerebellum; the mesocephalon. See Brain.

Synonyms

Pons , Lily Pons , Alice-Josephine Pons , pons Varolii

Rhymes

afrikaans , alphonse , batons , bonnes , bonze , brons , bronze , cons , dons , donze , fons , frons , goings-ons , ions , jahns , johns , konz , lat-lons , lons , nylons , omans , pecans , put-ons , pylons , schons , slip-ons , sohns , spawns , st-johns , swans , teherans , tehrans , try-ons , vons