| leprous | Relating to or suffering from leprosy. Synonym: leprose, leprotic. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| leprous neuropathy | A slowly developing granulomatous neuropathy, commonly seen in leprosy, caused by Mycobacterium leprae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pannus | 1. <pathology, rheumatology> Vascularised granulation tissue rich in fibroblasts, lymphocytes and macrophages, derived from synovial tissue, overgrows the bearing surface of the joint in rheumatoid arthritis and is associated with the breakdown of the articular surface. 2. <ophthalmology> Granulation tisuue that invades the cornea from the conjunctiva in response to inflammation. (18 Nov 1997) |
| pannus crassus | In which there are many blood vessels and the opacity is very dense, pannus siccus (dry), pannus with dry, glossy surface, pannus tenuis (thin), in which there are few blood vessels and the opacity is slight. (05 Mar 2000) |
| phlyctenular pannus | Pannus occurring in phlyctenular conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corneal pannus | Fibrovascular connective tissue that proliferates in the anterior layers of the peripheral cornea in inflammatory corneal disease, particularly trachoma in which the pannus involves the superior cornea. Three forms occur: (05 Mar 2000) |
| trachomatous pannus | Pannus of the superior cornea associated with trachoma. (05 Mar 2000) |