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pontine

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pon·tine  (pntn, -tn)
adj.
1. Of or relating to bridges.
2. Of or relating to a pons, especially the pons Varolii.

[Latin pns, pont-, bridge; see pent- in Indo-European roots + -ine.]

pontine [ˈpɒntaɪn]
adj
1. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) of or relating to bridges
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) of or relating to the pons Varolii
[from Latin pons bridge]


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Germain;' `ten, fifteen, or twenty thieves, have been arrested in a cafe on the Boulevard du Temple, or in the Thermes de Julien,' -- and yet these same men deny the existence of the bandits in the Maremma, the Campagna di Romana, or the Pontine Marshes.
 
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