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Pannus vs Pannicle - What's the difference?

pannus | pannicle |

As nouns the difference between pannus and pannicle

is that pannus is a hanging flap of skin or other tissue, especially one covering the cornea (in trachoma) or cartilage (in rheumatoid arthritis) while pannicle is (anatomy|zoology) a membrane of tissue in the body of a human or animal.

pannus

English

(wikipedia pannus)

Noun

(panni)
  • a hanging flap of skin or other tissue, especially one covering the cornea (in trachoma) or cartilage (in rheumatoid arthritis)
  • (meteorology) 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

    * (cloud) scud

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    pannicle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy, zoology) A membrane of tissue in the body of a human or animal.
  • (obsolete, medicine) A pannus.
  • (obsolete, rare) The skull.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.v:
    • 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 [...].

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