| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ni·dus |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  n  d s |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. ni·dus·es or ni·di (-d)
1. A nest, especially one for the eggs of insects, spiders, or small animals. 2. A cavity where spores develop. 3. Pathology A central point or focus of bacterial growth in a living organism. 4. A point or place at which something originates, accumulates, or develops, as the center around which salts of calcium, uric acid, or bile acid form calculi. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin ndus. See sed- in Appendix I.
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