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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. United States coloratura soprano (born in France) (1904-1976);
[syn: Pons, Lily Pons, Alice-Josephine Pons]

2. a band of nerve fibers linking the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with the midbrain;
[syn: pons, pons Varolii]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pons \Pons\, n.; pl. Pontes. [L., a bridge.] (Anat.) 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. [1913 Webster] Pons asinorum. [L., literally, bridge of asses.] See Asses' bridge, under Ass. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Pons n 1: United States coloratura soprano (born in France) (1904-1976) [syn: Pons, Lily Pons, Alice-Josephine Pons] 2: a band of nerve fibers linking the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with the midbrain [syn: pons, pons Varolii]