pannus

American  

[pan-uhs] / ˈpæn əs /

noun

1. Pathology.

   1. an abnormal vascular thickening of the cornea.

   2. an ingrowth of synovial material into a joint, as in rheumatoid arthritis.

2. Meteorology. a group of ragged cloud fragments hanging below a cloud.

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pannus British  

/ ˈpænəs /

noun

1. an inflammatory fleshy lesion on the surface of the eye

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Etymology

Origin of pannus

1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin; Latin: piece of cloth, rag ( cf. pane)

Example Sentences

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pannus

But if they are borrowed, they have none of the discordant effect of the purpureus pannus, for the warm sympathy of his nature assimilates them thoroughly and makes them his own.

From The Function of the Poet and Other Essays by Lowell, James Russell

Indeed Gilbert says, "Ungula, egilops, cataracta and macula are species of pannus, all arising from the same causes and cured by the same treatment."

From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Handerson, Henry Ebenezer

These are disadvantages of the system, and a judicious editor is not very free with his unus et alter pannus.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene

But in all these writers cataracta seems to be included under the general term pannus, meaning opacities of every kind.

From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Handerson, Henry Ebenezer

She seizes upon this canaille, washes it clean, and sews her tinsel and spangles over its villainies; purpureus assuitur pannus.

From Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations by Eliot, Charles William