pons Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun United States coloratura soprano (born in France) (1904-1976)
    Lily Pons; Alice-Josephine Pons.
  2. noun a band of nerve fibers linking the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with the midbrain
    pons Varolii.

WordNet

Pons noun
Etymology
L., a bridge.
Wordforms
plural Pontes
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913