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Definition of pannus in English: pannusnoun ˈpanəsˈpanəs mass nounMedicine A condition in which a layer of vascular fibrous tissue extends over the surface of an organ or other specialized anatomical structure, especially the cornea. Example sentencesExamples - As the pannus erodes the bone, it will also degenerate the alar check ligaments which stabilize C1.
- Joint destruction occurs with erosion of juxtaarticular bone around the margins of pannus and invasion of subchondral tissue by pannus.
- The large pannus predisposes patients to fluid accumulation, creating an environment conducive to seroma formation, infection, and wound edge separation or dehiscence.
- As the rheumatoid process progresses, inflammatory cells in the synovial fluid grow and form a mass known as pannus, which invades and destroys soft tissue, cartilage, and bone.
- The pannus and the cells within it are responsible for the periarticular bony erosions in the bare areas.
Origin Late Middle English: perhaps from Latin, literally 'cloth'. Definition of pannus in US English: pannusnounˈpanəs Medicine A condition in which a layer of vascular fibrous tissue extends over the surface of an organ or other specialized anatomical structure, especially the cornea. Example sentencesExamples - The pannus and the cells within it are responsible for the periarticular bony erosions in the bare areas.
- As the pannus erodes the bone, it will also degenerate the alar check ligaments which stabilize C1.
- As the rheumatoid process progresses, inflammatory cells in the synovial fluid grow and form a mass known as pannus, which invades and destroys soft tissue, cartilage, and bone.
- Joint destruction occurs with erosion of juxtaarticular bone around the margins of pannus and invasion of subchondral tissue by pannus.
- The large pannus predisposes patients to fluid accumulation, creating an environment conducive to seroma formation, infection, and wound edge separation or dehiscence.
Origin Late Middle English: perhaps from Latin, literally ‘cloth’. |