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)

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Example Sentences

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pannus

Pannonia they derived from the Latin pannus, cloth.

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

Two MS. copies of this pannus vere purpureus are in Mr. Murray's possession.

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 by Ernest Hartley Coleridge

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

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

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

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 David Eugene Smith

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