- pons Varolii
- noun Etymology: New Latin, literally, bridge of Varoli, from Costanzo Varoli died 1575 Italian surgeon and anatomist Date: circa 1693 pons
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pons Varolii — pons Va·ro·lii və rō lē .ī, lē .ē n, pl pontes Varolii PONS Va·ro·lio vä rō lē ō Costanzo (1543 1575) Italian anatomist. A surgeon and professor of anatomy at Bologna, Varolio is remembered for his work on the cranial nerves. In 1573 he published … Medical dictionary
pons Varolii — [və rō′lē ī΄] [after Costanzo Varoli (1542 75), It anatomist] PONS … English World dictionary
Pons Varolĭi — Pons Varolĭi, Varolsbrücke, s. Gehirn, S. 468 … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Pons Varolii — Pons Varolĭi (lat.), Varolsbrücke, Hirnknoten, großer, zwischen den Hemisphären des Kleinhirns auf dem Hinterhauptbein aufliegender Nervenknoten, durch den Nervenfasern von einer Hemisphäre des Kleinhirns zur andern und vom Großhirn zum… … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
pons Varolii — pons Va•ro•li•i [[t]ˈpɒnz vəˈroʊ liˌaɪ[/t]] n. pl. pon•tes Varolii [[t]ˈpɒn tiz[/t]] anat. pons 1) • Etymology: 1685–95; < NL: lit., Varolio s bridge, after Constanzio Varolio, Italian anatomist (1543–75), who described it in 1573 … From formal English to slang
pons Varolii — noun a band of nerve fibers linking the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with the midbrain • Syn: ↑pons • Hypernyms: ↑neural structure • Part Holonyms: ↑brainstem, ↑brain stem, ↑brain stem … Useful english dictionary
pons Varolii — /veuh roh lee uy /, pl. pontes Varolii. pons (def. 1). [1685 95; < NL: lit., Varoli s bridge; named after Varoli, Italian anatomist (1543 75)] * * * … Universalium
pons Varolii — /pɒnz vəˈroʊliaɪ/ (say ponz vuh rohleeuy) noun a band of nerve fibres in the brain connecting the lobes of the cerebellum, as well as the medulla and cerebrum. {named after Costanzo Varolio, 1543–75, Italian anatomist} …
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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pons asinorum — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
