pan-, panto-, pant-
(Greek: all, every, entire)
panendoscope
A cystoscope that gives a wide (over all) view of the bladder.
panentheism
1. A philosophy founded on the notion that all things are in God.
2. A notion that God is all reality, but not all reality is God.
panentheist
A person who believes that all things are in God.
panesthesia, panaesthesia, panesthetic, panaesthetic
All or the total of sensations or perceptions of an individual at a given moment; the sum of the sensations experienced.
Pangaea, Pangea
A vast continental area or supercontinent comprising all the continental crust of the earth which is postulated to have existed in late Paleozoic or Mesozoic times before breaking up into Gondwanaland and Laurasia.
panglossian
1. Excessively and inappropriately optimistic.
2. Blindly or naively optimistic.
3. Etymology: "optimistic" (usually ironic or disparaging), 1831, from French Panglosse, name of the philosopher and tutor, Dr. Pangloss, in Voltaire's Candide, a satire (1759); from Greek pan-, "all" + Greek glossa, literally, "tongue".
pangram, pangrammatic
A sentence containing all the letters of the alphabet.
panhidrosis, panidrosis
Excessive sweating over the whole body surface.
panhydrometer
A hydrometer that can be used to measure the relative density of any liquid.
panhygrous
Moist all over or moist in all parts.
panhypopituitarism
Defective or absent function of the entire pituitary gland.
panhysterectomy
Excision of the entire uterus including the cervix uteri.
panhysterocolpectomy
The total excision of the uterus and vagina.
panic
1. Etymologically, "terror caused by the god Pan". The ancient Greeks believed that he lurked in lonely spots, and would frighten people by suddenly appearing or by making noises. English acquired the word via French
panique and modern Latin
panicus from Greek
panikos, "of Pan".
2. In medicine, an acute anxiety, terror, or fright that is usually of sudden onset, may be uncontrollable, and may require sedation.
Symptoms of a "panic attack" may include any of the following: shortness of breath or a smothering sensation, palpitations and tachycardia, trembling, sweating, choking, nausea or abdominal distress, numbness or paresthesias, hot flashes or chills, chest pain or discomfort, a fear of dying, and a fear of losing one's mind or of doing something uncontrollable.
panmnesia
The belief that all mental impressions remain in the memory.
Related "all, every" word unit:
omni-.