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

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

In vulnere autem pannus infusus mittatur, non tamen de ipso vulnus multum impleatur.

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

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

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

Ita fit ut vel hodie male assutus pannus centonem prodat.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose