hemipons

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noun

Either the left or right half of the pons

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Meanings

nounhemipons (plural hemipontes)

plural hemipontes

  1. anatomyEither the left or right half of the pons

    MRI showed acute ischaemic infarction on the left side in the precentral and postcentral gyrus, hemipons and cerebellum.

    2013 September 6, Alok Bhatt et al., “Myocarditis along with acute ischaemic cerebellar, pontine and lacunar infarction following viper bite”, in BMJ Case Reports, volume 2013, →DOI

Origin

From hemi- + pons.

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Chicago

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