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

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

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

Indeed Gilbert says, "Ungula, egilops, cataracta and macula are species of pannus, all arising from the same causes and cured by the same treatment."

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

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