Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hemipons

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hemipons
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either the left or right half of the pons

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

From hemi- + pons.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hemi

Inflected Forms

hemipontes (plural)

Questions

What does hemipons mean?: Either the left or right half of the pons
Where does hemipons come from?: From hemi- + pons.

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