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pan

Definitions of pan
  1. noun
    a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
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    types:
    luette
    a small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate
    pli protecteur
    a flap of tissue that protects what it covers
    cuspide
    a thin triangular flap of a heart valve
    paupière
    either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
    type of:
    tissu animal
    the tissue in the bodies of animals
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