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pontine

1

[ pon-tahyn, -teen ]

adjective

, Anatomy.
  1. of or relating to the pons.


Pontine

2

[ pon-teen, -tahyn ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Pontine Marshes.

pontine

/ ˈpɒntaɪn /

adjective

  1. of or relating to bridges
  2. of or relating to the pons Varolii
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • sub-Pontine adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pontine1

1885–90; < Latin pont- (stem of pōns ) pons + -ine 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pontine1

C19: from Latin pons bridge
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Example Sentences

Melodrama, etc., may be very successful at a trans-pontine theatre, but it is unpardonably out of place in our salons.

The Pontine Marches have long been the worst breeding places for mosquitoes known to a suffering world.

Of the Pontine Marshes themselves it is certain that they are not salubrious, and malaria is most prevalent near them.

Cisterna di Roma, a dozen kilometres further on, is a typical hill top town overlooking the Pontine Marshes below.

Arbuthnot's visit has quite set me up, like a whiff of London in the Pontine marshes of Trieste.

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