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

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 Henry Ebenezer Handerson

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

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

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 Charles William Eliot

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