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parapontine

parapontine adjective: adjacent to the pons.

Adjective

parapontine (not comparable)

  1. Adjacent to the pons.

Origin of parapontine

From para- + pontine.

Questions about parapontine

What does parapontine mean?
Parapontine means adjacent to the pons.
What part of speech is parapontine?
Parapontine is an adjective.

Words near parapontine in the dictionary

  1. parapodium
  2. parapods
  3. parapolice
  4. parapolitical
  5. parapolitics
  6. parapontine
  7. parapophyseal
  8. parapophyses
  9. parapophysial
  10. parapophysis
  11. parapore

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