Nidus Definition

nīdəs
nidi, nidus
noun
nidi
A nest, esp. one in which insects or spiders deposit their eggs.
Webster's New World
A central point or focus of infection by bacteria or other pathogens.
American Heritage Medicine
A point or place at which something originates, accumulates, or develops, such as the center around which a calculus forms.
American Heritage Medicine
A breeding place.
Webster's New World
An originating point for a phenomenon.
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Other Word Forms of Nidus

Noun

Singular:
nidus
Plural:
nidi

Origin of Nidus

  • Latin nīdus sed- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin nÄ«dus (“nest")

    From Wiktionary

Nidus Sentence Examples

  • The custom of providing a material abode or nidus for the ghost;s found all over the earth; e.g.

  • Their fortuitous dissemination does not always bring seeds upon a suitable nidus for germination, the primary essential of which is a sufficiency of moisture, and the duration of vitality of the embryo is a point of interest.

  • The issue of the struggle was not a complete victory even in Byzantium for the partisans of image-worship. The iconoclasts left an indelible impress on the Christian art of the Greek Church, in so far as they put an end to the use of graven images; for the Eastern icon is a flat picture, less easily regarded than would be a statue as a nidus within which a spirit can lurk.

  • Diagnosis Osteoid Osteoma of the Spine Discussion The nidus may be radiolucent or may contain calcifications with variable surrounding sclerotic reaction.

  • Asplenium nidus is one of about 700 evergreen and semi-evergreen ferns belonging to a genus whose species are found everywhere except Antarctica.

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