Medical Terminology / Unit 3 MedTerm 0163 short lesson, about 20 seconds
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The idea
The prefix pan means all or entire.
In practice
Pancytopenia is a deficiency of all blood cell types.
Where people slip
Pan claims completeness, so it is a stronger statement than poly.
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