Hemipons

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Either the left or right half of the pons

    "MRI showed acute ischaemic infarction on the left side in the precentral and postcentral gyrus, hemipons and cerebellum."

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"MRI showed acute ischaemic infarction on the left side in the precentral and postcentral gyrus, hemipons and cerebellum."

Etymology

From hemi- + pons.

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