English

Noun

panus

1. (medicine) A lymphatic gland that is inflamed but not suppurating.

Related terms

• panus faucium
• panus inguinalis

References

• American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (1922).

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πῆνος ‎(pênos, “web”), πηνίον ‎(pēníon, “bobbin”), from Proto-Indo-European *pank-.

Noun

panus

1. the thread wound upon the bobbin
2. a swelling, tumor
3. ear of millet

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• pānicula
• pānicum
• pānīcium
• pānōsus

References

• panus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• PANUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “panus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.