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nidus |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: nidus n : a central point or locus of bacterial growth in an organism; "the focus of infection" [syn: {focus}]
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