pannus
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.
Origin of pannus
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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.
But in all these writers cataracta seems to be included under the general term pannus, meaning opacities of every kind.
Gilbertus Anglicus | Henry Ebenezer HandersonIn vulnere autem pannus infusus mittatur, non tamen de ipso vulnus multum impleatur.
Gilbertus Anglicus | Henry Ebenezer HandersonSubsequently, 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 MillsIn 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
/ (ˈpænəs) /
an inflammatory fleshy lesion on the surface of the eye
Origin of pannus
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