pontaladj.

Brit.

/ˈpɒntl/, U.S.

/ˈpɑn(t)l/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pont- , pōns , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin pont-, pōns bridge (see pons n.) + -al suffix¹.

rare.

†1. poetic. Of or relating to a bridge. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [adjective] > of or relating to bridge

pontal1752

pontific1768

1752 M. Browne Ess. on Universe (new ed.) i, in Wks. & Rest of Creation 17 See fierce Araxes, washing Persia's Soil, In rapid Pace along his Channels boil: Indignant, on the Pontal Curb he frowns, And in his Gulphs the ruin'd Fabric drowns.

1836 T. Wade Shadow-Seeker ii. v, in Monthly Rep. June 349 Thy small hands touch'd this pontal parapet.

1863 P. S. Worsley Poems & Transl. 11 A league above this pontal arc, Now seeming one with heaven.

2. Anatomy and Medicine. = pontine adj.³

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > parts of brain > [adjective] > pons

pontal1868

pontile1882

pontine1888

pontic1890

1868 R. Owen On Anat. Vertebr. III. 89 In the Monotremes,..the ‘pontal’ or cerebellar commissure is a thin layer of transverse fibres.

1890 Lancet 29 Mar. 685/2 Most of them [sc. lowest level epileptic fits] are owing to excessive discharges beginning in centres of the bulbar and pontal regions.

1904 E. B. Titchener in tr. W. Wundt Princ. Physiol. Psychol. 119 (caption) Crusta and tegmentum are separated by a deep-lying bundle of transverse pontal fibres.

1983 Clin. Neurol. & Neurosurg. 85 205 CT showing a MDBA located on the left side in the pontal cisterne in a 61-year-old male.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pontal
释义	pontaladj. Brit. /ˈpɒntl/, U.S. /ˈpɑn(t)l/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pont- , pōns , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin pont-, pōns bridge (see pons n.) + -al suffix¹. rare. †1. poetic. Of or relating to a bridge. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [adjective] > of or relating to bridge pontal1752 pontific1768 1752 M. Browne Ess. on Universe (new ed.) i, in Wks. & Rest of Creation 17 See fierce Araxes, washing Persia's Soil, In rapid Pace along his Channels boil: Indignant, on the Pontal Curb he frowns, And in his Gulphs the ruin'd Fabric drowns. 1836 T. Wade Shadow-Seeker ii. v, in Monthly Rep. June 349 Thy small hands touch'd this pontal parapet. 1863 P. S. Worsley Poems & Transl. 11 A league above this pontal arc, Now seeming one with heaven. 2. Anatomy and Medicine. = pontine adj.³ ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > parts of brain > [adjective] > pons pontal1868 pontile1882 pontine1888 pontic1890 1868 R. Owen On Anat. Vertebr. III. 89 In the Monotremes,..the ‘pontal’ or cerebellar commissure is a thin layer of transverse fibres. 1890 Lancet 29 Mar. 685/2 Most of them [sc. lowest level epileptic fits] are owing to excessive discharges beginning in centres of the bulbar and pontal regions. 1904 E. B. Titchener in tr. W. Wundt Princ. Physiol. Psychol. 119 (caption) Crusta and tegmentum are separated by a deep-lying bundle of transverse pontal fibres. 1983 Clin. Neurol. & Neurosurg. 85 205 CT showing a MDBA located on the left side in the pontal cisterne in a 61-year-old male. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1752
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