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pannicle

pannicle noun: a membrane of tissue in the body of a human or animal.

Noun

pannicle (plural pannicles)

  1. A membrane of tissue in the body of a human or animal.
  2. (obsolete) A pannus.
  3. (obsolete, rare) The skull.
    • To him he turned, and with rigour fell / Smote him so rudely on the Pannikell, / That to the chin he cleft his head in twaine [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of pannicle

pluralpannicles

Origin of pannicle

From Middle French pannicle, and its source, Late Latin panniculus (“membrane”), from Latin panniculus (“small rag”), from pannus (“cloth”).

Questions about pannicle

What does pannicle mean?
Pannicle means a membrane of tissue in the body of a human or animal.
What part of speech is pannicle?
Pannicle is a noun.
What is the plural of pannicle?
The plural of pannicle is pannicles.

Words near pannicle in the dictionary

  1. panni
  2. pannican
  3. pannicans
  4. pannick
  5. pannicks
  6. pannicle
  7. pannicles
  8. pannicular
  9. panniculectomies
  10. panniculectomy
  11. panniculi

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