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pannus

pannus noun: a hanging flap of skin or other tissue, especially one covering the cornea (in trachoma) or cartilage (in rheumatoid arthritis).

Noun

pannus (plural panni or pannuses)

  1. A hanging flap of skin or other tissue, especially one covering the cornea (in trachoma) or cartilage (in rheumatoid arthritis).
  2. A type of accessory cloud, looking like shreds either attached to, or separated from, the main cloud formation; mainly associated with nimbostratus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus.
    Synonyms:
    scud
  3. A tent for a wound.
  4. A birthmark on the skin.

Proper noun capitalized: Pannus

Pannus

  1. (plural) plural of Pannu

Synonyms of pannus

Forms of pannus

pluralpanni
pluralpannuses

Origin of pannus

Borrowed from Latin pannus (“cloth”). Doublet of pagne and pane.

Questions about pannus

What does pannus mean?
Pannus means a hanging flap of skin or other tissue, especially one covering the cornea (in trachoma) or cartilage (in rheumatoid arthritis).
What part of speech is pannus?
Pannus can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of pannus?
The plural of pannus is panni.

Words near pannus in the dictionary

  1. pannosely
  2. Pannotia
  3. Pannu
  4. Pannullo
  5. pannum
  6. pannus
  7. pannuscorium
  8. pannuses
  9. panny
  10. Pannychis
  11. pano

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