| 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) |
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| 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) |
| pansystolic murmur | A murmur occupying the entire systolic interval, from first to second heart sounds. Synonym: holosystolic murmur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pant | 1. To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp. "Pluto plants for breath from out his cell." (Dryden) 2. Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly. "As the hart panteth after the water brooks." (Ps. Xlii. 1) "Who pants for glory finds but short repose." (Pope) 3. To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; said of the heart. 4. To sigh; to flutter; to languish. "The whispering breeze Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees." (Pope) Origin: Cf. F. Panteler to gasp for breath, OF. Panteisier to be breathless, F. Pantois out of breath; perh. Akin to E. Phantom, the verb prob. Orig. Meaning, to have the nightmare. 1. To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out. "There is a cavern where my spirit Was panted forth in anguish." (Shelley) 2. To long for; to be eager after. "Then shall our hearts pant thee." (Herbert) 1. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp. 2. A violent palpitation of the heart. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pantachromatic | An obsolete term meaning completely achromatic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pantagraph | See Pantograph. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pantalgia | Pain involving the entire body. Origin: pant-+ G. Algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| pantaloon embolism | Synonym: saddle embolism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pantaloon hernia | An inguinal hernia that involves both an indirect and a direct component. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pantamorph | That which assumes, or exists in, all forms. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |