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

The word ‘pane’ is also from the Latin pannus, a piece of cloth.

From Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them by Webster, Marie D. (Marie Daugherty)

Pannonia they derived from the Latin pannus, cloth.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Bryant, Jacob

Fully half the cases of trachoma which occur are complicated by pannus, which is the name given to the affection when it has spread to the cornea.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various

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

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