| Pansch's fissure | A cerebral fissure (sulcus) running from the lower extremity of the central fissure (sulcus) nearly to the end of the occipital lobe. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Pansch, Adolf | <person> German anatomist, 1841-1887. See: Pansch's fissure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pansclerosis | Universal sclerosis of an organ or part. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pansinuitis | Inflammation of all the accessory sinuses of the nose on one or both sides. Synonym: pansinuitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pansinusitis | Inflammation of all the accessory sinuses of the nose on one or both sides. Synonym: pansinuitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| panspermia | The hypothetical doctrine of the omnipresence of minute forms and spores of animal and vegetable life, thus accounting for apparent spontaneous generation. Origin: pan-+ G. Sperma, seed (05 Mar 2000) |
| panspermic | <biology> Of or pertaining to panspermy; as, the panspermic hypothesis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| panspermist | <biology> A believer in panspermy; one who rejects the theory of spontaneous generation; a biogenist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| panspermy | <biology> The doctrine of the widespread distribution of germs, from which under favorable circumstances bacteria, vibrios, etc, may develop. The doctrine that all organisms must come from living parents; biogenesis; the opposite of spontaneous generation. Origin: Pan- + Gr. A seed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pansporoblast | The reproductive sporoblast that gives rise to more than one spore in the order Myxosporida (class Myxosporea, phylum Myxozoa). Origin: pan-+ G. Sporos, seed, + blastos, germ (05 Mar 2000) |
| pansporoblastic | Referring to a pansporoblast. (05 Mar 2000) |
| panstereorama | A model of a town or country, in relief, executed in wood, cork, pasteboard, or the like. Origin: NL, fr. Gr, all + solid + a view. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| panstrongylus | A genus of cone-nosed bugs of the subfamily triatominae (reduviidae). Its species are vectors of trypanosoma cruzi. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pansy | Origin: F. Pensee thought, pansy, fr. Penser to think, L. Pensare to weigh, ponder. See Pensive. <botany> A plant of the genus Viola (V. Tricolour) and its blossom, originally purple and yellow. Cultivated varieties have very large flowers of a great diversity of colours. Synonym: heart's-ease, love-in-idleness, and many other quaint names. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pansystolic | Lasting throughout systole, extending from first to second heart sound. Synonym: holosystolic. (05 Mar 2000) |