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

Si vena organica non inciditur, pannus albumine ovi infusus in vulnere ponatur.

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

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

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

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

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

Pannonia they derived from the Latin pannus, cloth.

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

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