pannus

[ pan-uhs ]

/ ˈpæn əs /

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noun

Pathology.

an abnormal vascular thickening of the cornea.
an ingrowth of synovial material into a joint, as in rheumatoid arthritis.

Meteorology. a group of ragged cloud fragments hanging below a cloud.

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Origin of pannus

1375–1425; late Middle English <Medieval Latin; Latin: piece of cloth, rag (cf. pane)

Words nearby pannus

pannikin boss, panning shot, Pannini, Pannonia, pannose, pannus, Panoan, panocha, Panofsky, panoply, panoptic

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How to use pannus in a sentence

Pannus, pan′us, n. an opaque vascular membrane over the cornea: a tent for a wound: a birth-mark on the skin.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
But in all these writers cataracta seems to be included under the general term pannus, meaning opacities of every kind.
Gilbertus Anglicus|Henry Ebenezer Handerson
In vulnere autem pannus infusus mittatur, non tamen de ipso vulnus multum impleatur.
Gilbertus Anglicus|Henry Ebenezer Handerson
Subsequently, when the ensign was formed of rich stuffs and silks, it was called a pennon, from the Latin word pannus.
The History of Chivalry, Volume I (of 2)|Charles Mills

In the first case it signifies the same as vermiculare rubrum; in the latter pannus vermicularis.
A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume I (of 2)|Johann Beckman

British Dictionary definitions for pannus

pannus

/ (ˈpænəs) /

noun

an inflammatory fleshy lesion on the surface of the eye

Word Origin for pannus

C15: from Latin, literally cloth

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