Definition of Pancratic

1. a. Having all or many degrees of power; having a great range of power; -- said of an eyepiece made adjustable so as to give a varying magnifying power.

2. a. Of or pertaining to the pancratium; athletic.

Definition of Pancratic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Pancratic

1. Having all or many degrees of power; having a great range of power; said of an eyepiece made adjustable so as to give a varying magnifying power. Origin: Gr. All-powerful. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pancratic

panchromatic
panchromatic film
panchromatically
panchromium
panchway
panchways
pancies
pancoast's syndrome
pancoast tumour
pancolectomy
pancontinental
pancratia
pancratiast
pancratiastic
pancratiasts
pancratic
pancratist
pancratists
pancratium
pancratiums
pancreas
pancreas accessorium
pancreas divisum
pancreas minus
pancreas transplantation
pancreases
pancreat-
pancreata
pancreatalgia
pancreatectomies

Literary usage of Pancratic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The economy of the eyes by William Kitchiner (1824)
"THE Pancratic EYE-TUBE, INVENTED BY WILLIAM KITCHINER, MD Is applicable to ACHROMATIC* and REFLECTING TELESCOPES of all Lengths, and also to MICROSCOPES. ..."

2. Common Objects of the Microscope by John George Wood (1861)
"Ditto ditto, with vertical or sliding-rod motion, and pancratic draw Very superior thirty-inch Astronomical Telescope, with two-and-a- quarter inch object ..."

3. The Complete Works of Thomas Dick, Ll.D.: Eleven Volumes in Two by Thomas Dick (1851)
"In order to give the reader a more specific idea of this contrivance, I shall present him with a figure and description of one of Dr. Kitchener's pancratic ..."

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