nidus

nidus
noun (plural nidi or niduses) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin Date: 1742 1. a nest or breeding place; especially a place or substance in an animal or plant where bacteria or other organisms lodge and multiply 2. a place where something originates, develops, or is located

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  • nidus — (n.) nest, breeding place, 1742, from L. nidus a nest, from O.L. *nizdus (see NEST (Cf. nest) (n.)). Figurative use by 1807. Classical plural is nidi …   Etymology dictionary

  • Nidus — Ni dus, n.; pl. {nidi}. [L. See {Nidi}, {Nest}.] A nest: a repository for the eggs of birds, insects, etc.; a breeding place; esp., the place or substance where parasites or the germs of a disease effect lodgment or are developed. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Nidus — (lat.), ein Nest …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Nidus — Nidus, lat., Nest; Nidification, der Nestbau …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Nidus —   [lateinisch], das Nest …   Universal-Lexikon

  • NIDUS — avium domicilium proprie, Nonio: Quas inter halcyonum inprimis nidi admirationem habent, pilae figurâ, paulum eminentiore perquam angustâ (ut, etiam si invertantur, mare non influat) grandium spongiarum similitudine, ferrô intercidi non queunt… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • nidus — [nī′dəs] n. pl. nidi [nī′dī΄] or niduses [L, NEST] 1. a nest, esp. one in which insects or spiders deposit their eggs 2. a breeding place; specif., a) a place where spores or seeds germinate b) a focus of infection nidal …   English World dictionary

  • Nidus — The Latin word for nest , nidus is used in medicine to refer to any structure that resembles a nest in appearance or function. Just as a nest is a repository for the eggs of birds, insects and other animals, a nidus is a breeding place where… …   Medical dictionary

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