'Pons' definitions:
Definition of 'Pons'
From: WordNet
noun
United States coloratura soprano (born in France) (1904-1976) [syn: Pons, Lily Pons, Alice-Josephine Pons]
noun
A band of nerve fibers linking the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with the midbrain [syn: pons, pons Varolii]
Definition of 'Pons'
From: GCIDE
- 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]