pannus

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

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  • pannus — m. reumat. Tejido inflamatorio de granulación, de origen sinovial, que recubre el cartílago articular en algunas artritis. l oftalm. Tejido en forma de velo de naturaleza conjuntiva, muy vascularizado y de neoformación que cubre parte o toda la… …   Diccionario médico

  • PANNUS — in Circensibus olim ludis, certô colore insignis, factiones discernebat; unde consuetudinem in Principum Aulis Nobilibusque familiis servitia variorum colorum pannis excolendi et ab aliis discernendi, quos Liureas hodie dicunt, ortam esse, haud… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Pannus — Pan nus, n. [L., cloth. See 2d {Pane}.] (Med.) A very vascular superficial opacity of the cornea, usually caused by granulation of the eyelids. Foster. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pannus — (lat.), 1) so v.w. Honigfleck; 2) auch Augenfell …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Pannus — Pannus, s. Hornhautentzündung …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Pannus — (lat., »Lappen«), Augenfell, Scharlachfell, eine entzündliche Auflagerung auf der Hornhaut …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • pannus — PÁNNUS s.n. v. panus. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN …   Dicționar Român

  • pannus — (izg. pȁnus) m DEFINICIJA meteor. rastrgani dijelovi oblaka u obliku krpa, ispod podnice nimbostratusa i kumulonimbusa, katkada u sloju ETIMOLOGIJA lat.: krpa …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Pannus — For the eye disease in dogs, see Chronic superficial keratitis. Pannus is a medical term for an abnormal layer of fibrovascular tissue or granulation tissue. Common sites for pannus formation include over the cornea, over a joint surface (as seen …   Wikipedia

  • Pannus — Wolken: Klassifikation Gattungen Cirrus Ci Cirrocumulus Cc Cirrostratus Cs Altocumulus Ac Altostratus As Stratocumulus Sc Stratus St Cumulus Cu Nimbostratus Ns …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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