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  • pancratium

    (in ancient Greece) an athletic contest combining wrestling and boxing.

  • pandemic

    (of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area.

  • panmixia

    random mating of individuals within a population, the breeding individuals showing no tendency to choose partners with particular traits.

  • panacea

    an ancient Greek goddess of healing.

  • panchreston

    a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.

  • pandora

    Classical Mythology. the first woman, created by Hephaestus, endowed by the gods with all the graces and treacherously presented to Epimetheus along with a box (originally a jar) in which Prometheus had confined all the evils that could trouble humanity. As the gods had anticipated, Pandora gave in to her curiosity and opened the box, allowing the evils to escape, thereby frustrating the efforts of Prometheus. In some versions, the box contained blessings, all of which escaped but hope.
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