panniculus

American  

[puh-nik-yuh-luhs] / pəˈnɪk yə ləs /

noun

Anatomy.

plural

panniculi

1. a layer of tissue, especially a subcutaneous layer of fat.

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Other Word Forms

• pannicular
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of panniculus

< Latin: small piece of cloth, rag, equivalent to pann ( us ) cloth, rag ( cf. pane) + -i- -i- + -culus -cule ¹; see panicle

Example Sentences

What was once a flat tummy turned into a full-blown panniculus.

From Slate • Sep. 11, 2014

This elevation is produced by the fleshy portion of the panniculus.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

They also occasionally have an associate muscular development in the subcutaneous tissues similar to the panniculus adiposus of quadrupeds, giving them preternatural motile power over the skin.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

This "panniculus carnosus" had the function of contracting and creasing the skin to chase away the flies, as we see every day in the horse.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

In the same animal the muscular fibres of the panniculus of the trunk arise along a line which connects the stifle-joint to the withers, a line which is, consequently, oblique upwards and forwards.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard