pannus

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noun

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

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scud
OriginLatin pannus →
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Meanings

pannus1

nounpannus (plural panni or pannuses)

plural panni · plural pannuses

  1. A hanging flap of skin or other tissue, especially one covering the cornea (in trachoma) or cartilage (in rheumatoid arthritis).
  2. climatologyA 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. medicineA tent for a wound.
  4. medicineA birthmark on the skin.

Pannus2

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Pannu

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA type of accessory cloud, looking like shreds either attached to, or separated from, the main cloud formation; mainly associated with nimbostratus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus.

Similar
scud
Also see
scud

Origin

  1. Latinpannus“cloth”
  2. Englishpannus

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

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APA

pannus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pannus

MLA

“pannus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pannus. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pannus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pannus.

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