pontomedullary

English

Etymology

From ponto- +‎ medullary.

Adjective

pontomedullary (not comparable)

1. (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)‎^[1], 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).