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English
Etymology
From ponto- + medullary.
Adjective
pontomedullary (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the pons and the medulla oblongata
2015 July 2, Chan Woo Wee et al., “Evaluation of variability in target volume delineation for newly diagnosed glioblastoma: a multi-institutional study from the Korean Radiation Oncology Group”, in Radiation Oncology (London, England), volume 10, →DOI:The extensive infiltrative T2-hyperintense and contrast-enhanced lesion involved bilateral frontal lobes, both anterior horns of lateral ventricles, the corpus callosum and bilateral basal ganglias combined with leptomeningeal seeding at the pontomedullary junction (Additional file 3 : Figure S1).