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Pan-
CIDE DICTIONARY
Pan-, [Gr. , m., , neut., gen. , all.].
Combining forms signifying all , every ; as, panorama, pantheism, pantagraph, pantograph. Pan- becomes pam- before b or p, as pamprodactylous. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Pan-, comb. form 1 all; the whole of.
2 relating to the whole or all the parts of a continent, racial group, religion, etc. (pan-American; pan-African; pan-Hellenic; pan-Anglican).
2 relating to the whole or all the parts of a continent, racial group, religion, etc. (pan-American; pan-African; pan-Hellenic; pan-Anglican).
Etymology
Gk f. pan neut. of pas all
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