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Definition of Nidus
1. Noun. A central point or locus of an infection in an organism. "The focus of infection"
2. Noun. A nest in which spiders or insects deposit their eggs.
Definition of Nidus
1. n. 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.
Definition of Nidus
1. Noun. A nest for insects or small animals ¹
2. Noun. A locus of infection in an organism ¹
3. Noun. An originating point for a phenomenon ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nidus
1. a nest or breeding place [n NIDI or NIDUSES]
Medical Definition of Nidus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Nidus
Literary usage of Nidus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1831)
"X. On a beautiful nidus of a Spider, and a Hymenopterous Parasite found within it.
By AH DAVIS, Esq. FLS Sir, DURING a stay of some weeks at Wanstead, ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1877)
"... or any other of the devices which forcibly dilate the lungs, can hardly fail
to remove the nidus of disease, which exists in an astonishing; ..."
3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"1. In reference to birds: spec, hammock, aerie (often fig.). 2. In reference to
insects, small animals, etc.: nidus (tech.); spec, bike (Scot. ..."
4. The Nineteenth Century (1892)
"organism in its nidus, and the organic growth or reproduction of the organism in the
... The nidus heing the chief seat of the activity of the parasite, ..."
5. English Etymologyby George William Lemon by George William Lemon (1783)
"... nidus : Upt."—tie cradle of young birds. NET ; Nn9«, neo, filum duco ; to
fpin, or weave, or knit. NEVER : fince never is but the negative of ever, ..."
6. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"The bacteria in the lumen of the intestine would be much more readily acted upon
than those which have already obtained a nidus in the intestinal walls, ..."
7. Oxf. Hist. Soc by Oxford Historical Society (1886)
"... y* Dr. Hyde's Catalogue should be mended, where he says Joannes nidus Rossius :
it should be Joannes Victor Roscius. And give a Note at Janus nidus ..."
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