Ponophobia
noun
a fear of overworking or working to exhaustion
See kopophobia
Word Origin
Greek ponos ‘toil, fatigue’
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[ponz] /pɒnz/ noun, plural pontes [pon-teez] /ˈpɒn tiz/ (Show IPA). Anatomy. 1. Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum. 2. any tissue connecting two parts of a body organ or structure. [ponz; French pawns] /pɒnz; French pɔ̃s/ noun 1. Lily [lil-ee;; […]
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- Pons-varolii
[vuh-roh-lee-ahy] /vəˈroʊ liˌaɪ/ noun, plural pontes Varolii. 1. (def 1). /vəˈrəʊlɪˌaɪ/ noun (pl) pontes Varolii (ˈpɒntiːz) 1. a broad white band of connecting nerve fibres that bridges the hemispheres of the cerebellum in mammals Sometimes shortened to pons pons Varolii pons Va·ro·li·i (və-rō’lē-ī’) n. A band of nerve fibers on the ventral surface of the […]
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/pɒnt/ noun 1. (in South Africa) a river ferry, esp one that is guided by a cable from one bank to the other