Definition of Pancratium
1. n. An athletic contest involving both boxing and wrestling.
Definition of Pancratium
1. [n -TIA or -TIUMS]
Medical Definition of Pancratium
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1. An athletic contest involving both boxing and wrestling.
2. A genus of Old World amaryllideous bulbous plants, having a funnel-shaped perianth with six narrow spreading lobes. The American species are now placed in the related genus Hymenocallis.
Origin: L, fr. Gr. A complete contest, fr. All-powerful, all + strength.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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