English Explanatory Dictionary

nidus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An aggregate of neurons.
  2. A nest for insects or small animals.
  3. A place of infection in an organism.
  4. An origin (originating point) for a phenomenon.

Word forms

nidus nidi niduses

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-? Proto-Indo-European *ní Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *nisdós Proto-Italic *nizdos Latin nīdusbor. English nidus Borrowed from Latin nīdus (“nest”). Doublet of nye and nest.

Related words

nido- nidal pilonidal nidation annidation nidificate nidify nidulate nidifugous
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