panniculus

English

Etymology

From Latin panniculus, diminutive of pannus (“cloth”).

Noun

panniculus (countable and uncountable, plural panniculi)

1. (anatomy) A dense layer of fatty tissue growth, consisting of subcutaneous fat in the lower abdominal area.
2. A thin, sheet-like investment.

Translations

a dense layer of fatty tissue growth

• Portuguese: panículo (pt) m

See also

• pannus
• panniculus adiposus
• panniculus carnosus

Anagrams

• sipunculan

Latin

Etymology

pannus (“cloth”) +‎ -culus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /panˈni.ku.lus/, [pänˈnɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /panˈni.ku.lus/, [pänˈniːkulus]

Noun

panniculus m (genitive panniculī); second declension

1. a piece of cloth, a small rag
2. (Late Latin, medicine) membrane

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	panniculus	panniculī
Genitive	panniculī	panniculōrum
Dative	panniculō	panniculīs
Accusative	panniculum	panniculōs
Ablative	panniculō	panniculīs
Vocative	pannicule	panniculī

References

• “panniculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “panniculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “panniculus”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011