pan-, panto-, pant-

Divination by the examination of all kinds of objects that happen to present themselves; omens drawn from chance meetings with a rabbit, an eagle, etc.

The theory was that nothing happened by chance, including a bluebird that represented happiness and a black cat might bring bad luck (in some areas of the world, a black cat represents “good fortune”).

In ancient times such events were frequently interpreted by oracles, and their importance persisted through the Middle Ages, even up to modern times. From them have stemmed countless superstitions that many people still believe may bring them good or bad luck, though the interpretations may vary in different localities.

A panoramic radiographic device that images the entire dentition, alveolar bone, and other contiguous structures on a single extraoral film.

A modification of pantomography in which the X-rays are made to be more nearly normal to the line of the jaws, so that a radiograph can be obtained showing all the teeth and adjacent tissue in a straight line.

In Greek mythology, a god of nature, pastures, flocks, and forests; believed to have a human torso and head, and the hind legs, ears, and horns of a goat. The Roman equivalent of this Greek god is Faunus.

1. A cure-all; a remedy claimed to be a curative of all diseases.
2. Etymology: from Latin panacea, "an all-healing herb" (variously identified), from Greek panakeia, "cure-all", from panakes, "all-healing"; from pan-, "all" + akos, "remedy, cure", from iasthai, "to heal".

The name Panacea comes directly from the name of one of the daughters of Aesculapius, The Greek god of healing. Another daughter was Hygeia.

Both daughters endeavored to follow their father's objectives, but they took different approaches. Panacea promoted the use of specific remedies; such as, medicines, salves, and other curatives as indicated by particular medical needs.

Hygeia was more concerned with preserving health or what is now known as "preventive medicine".

Relating to the nations of North, South, and Central America; collectively or in cooperatiion with each other.

Inflammation involving all the coats of a blood vessel.

Mass hysteria.

1. A state in which the rule of government is vested in all the people.
2. Rule over the entire (all) the universe.
3. A universal realm; such as, "the starry panarchy of space" or "the panarchy of created things".

An inflammatory disorder of the arteries characterized by the involvement of all structural layers of the vessels; endoperiarteritis.

1. Inflammation involving all the tissues of a joint.
2. Inflammation of all the joints of the body.

1. Atrophy [wasting away] of all the parts of a structure.
2. General atrophy [wasting away] of the body.

1. A reference to or affecting the entire autonomic (sympathetic and parasympathetic) nervous system.
2, The self-controlling, functionally independence, of the entire autonomic nervous system.

A reference to all of the germ layers, ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm, or any of their derivatives.

Inflammation of all the structures of the heart.