Nidus

Definitions: Nidus

Nidus

Noun

1. A central point or locus of an infection in an organism; "the focus of infection".

2. A nest in which spiders or insects deposit their eggs.

Etymology: Nidus \Ni"dus\, noun; plural nidi. [Latin expression See Nidi, Nest.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Nidus

Synonym: focus (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Abode	Nest, nidus, snuggery; arbor, bower; lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum, aerie, eyrie, eyry, rookery, hive; covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost; nidification; kala jagah.
Cause	Nest, cradle, nursery, womb, nidus, birthplace, hotbed.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Nidus

English words defined with "nidus": Asplenium nidus ♦ nidi. (references)

Etymologies containing "nidus": Nidamental, Nidary, Nide. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Nidus" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (nidus), Latin (nest, niche).

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		This abnormally rapid rate of blood flow frequently causes blood pressure inside the vessels located in the central portion of an AVM directly adjacent to the fistula�an area doctors refer to as the nidus, from the Latin word for nest�to rise to dangerously high levels. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Nidus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Nidus" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	4	175,879

Expression using "nidus": asplenium nidus. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "nidus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		oxhak infektimi, fole (aerie, aery, chase, mortise, nest, pad, socket). (various references)

Arabic		‏المفرخ (hatchery). (various references)

Bulgarian		разсадник на зараза, огнище на зараза. (various references)

Danish		rede (arrange, den, focus, nest, put in order, tidy), fokus (focal point, focal spot, focus, nest), focus (focus, nest). (various references)

Dutch		nidus,nest (focus, nest). (various references)

French		nidus, nid. (various references)

German		Nidus (focus, nest). (various references)

Greek		φωλιά (bolster, den, lair, nest, theque). (various references)

Hungarian		fészek (corner, nest, pillbox). (various references)

Italian		nido (creche, focus, home, honeycomb, laying nest, nest, nest box), focus (focus, nest). (various references)

Pig Latin		idusnay

Portuguese		ninho (bed, den, nest, nesting box, nesting shelf), receptáculo natural, mover a cabeça em sinal afirmativo, doutrina (axiom, dictate, document, have a lot of faith, ism, tenet). (various references)

Russian		рассадник болезней, фокус инфекции, очаг заразы (pesthole). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		gnezdo (nest). (various references)

Spanish		nido (focus, hospital nursey, neonatal room, nest, nursery). (various references)

Swedish		bo (abide, Bolivia, den, dig, dwel, dwell, estate, furniture, house, indwell, inhabitant, lair, live, Lodge, nest, Republic of Bolivia, reside, room, stay, stitch, to accommodate, to house). (various references)

Turkish		yuva (burrow, creche, creep, day care center, fireside, fold, haunt, hearth, hearth and home, hearthstone, Holt, home, hotbed, mortice, mortise, nest, nursery, race, recess, seat, seed plot, seedbed, set), mikropların geliştiği yer, böcek yuvası. (various references)

Ukranian		розсадник хвороб, гніздо комах, осередок зарази. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Date	Source	Habakkuk Chapter 2, Verse 9
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	W o pleonektwn pleonexian kakhn tw oikw autou tou taxai eiV uyoV nossian autou tou ekspasqhnai ek ceiroV kakwn
Latin	405	Vulgate	Vae qui congregat avaritiam malam domui suae ut sit in excelso nidus eius et liberari se putat de manu mali
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Woo to hym that gadrith euyl coueitise to his hous, that his nest be in heey, and gessith hym for to be delyuered of the hond of yuel.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
Basic English	1964	Ogden	A curse on him who gets evil profits for his family, so that he may put his resting-place on high and be safe from the hand of the wrongdoer!
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Habakkuk Chapter 2, Verse 9
Bulgarian	�"орко на оногова, който придобива неправедна печалба за дома си, За да постави гнездото си на високо, Та да се избави от силата на бедствието!
Cebuano	Alaut kadtong nagakuha ug dautang abut alang sa iyang balay, aron ikapahamutang niya ang iyang salag sa itaas, aron maluwas siya gikan sa kamot sa dautan.
Chinese	為本家積 �"� 不義之財、在高處搭窩、指望免災的有禍了。
Croatian	Jao onom tko otimaèinu zgræe nepravednu kuæi svojoj, da visoko svije gnijezdo svoje i otkloni ruku zla!
Danish	Ve ham, som søger ublu Vinding til sit Hus for at bygge sin Rede højt og redde sig fra Ulykkens Hånd.
Dutch	Wee dien, die met kwade gierigheid giert voor zijn huis, opdat hij in de hoogte zijn nest stelle, om bevrijd te zijn uit de hand des kwaads.
Finnish	Voi sitä, joka kiskoo väärää voittoa huoneensa hyväksi laittaakseen pesänsä korkealle, pelastuakseen kovan onnen kourista!
French	Malheur � celui qui amasse pour sa maison des gains iniques, Afin de placer son nid dans un lieu élevé, Pour se garantir de la main du malheur!
German	Weh dem, der da geizt zum Unglück seines Hauses, auf daß er sein Nest in die Höhe lege, daß er dem Unfall entrinne!
Haitian Creole	Madichon pou moun k'ap vòlò pou fè fanmi yo rich, k'ap bati kay sou mòn pou malè pa rive yo!
Hungarian	Jaj annak, a ki bûnös szerzeményt szerez házának, hogy magasra rakhassa fészkét, hogy megszabadulhasson a gonosz hatalma elõl.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Terkutuklah engkau! Engkau memperkaya keluargamu dengan keuntungan yang kauperoleh secara kejam, supaya rumahmu sendiri aman dan terhindar dari kesusahan dan bencana.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Wai bagi orang yang menuntut laba keji bagi isi rumahnya, hendak menaruh sarangnya di tempat yang tinggi dan melindungkan dirinya dari pada celaka.
Italian	Guai a chi è avido di lucro, sventura per la sua casa, per mettere il nido in luogo alto, e sfuggire alla stretta della sventura.
Korean	재 앙 을 �"� 하 기 위 하 여 �' 은 데 깃 �"� 이 � � 하 며 자 기 집 을 위 하 여 불 의 의 이 를 취 하 �" 자 에 게 �" 있 을 찐 � � !
Maori	Aue, te mate mo te tangata, he kino nei te apo i apo taonga ai ia mo tona whare, he mea kia tiketike ake ai tona kohanga, kia ora ai ia i te kaha o te kino!
Modern Greek	Ουαι εις τον πλεονεκτουντα πλεονεξιαν κακην δια τον οικον αυτου, δια να θεση την φωλεαν αυτου υψηλα, δια να ελευθερωθη εκ χειρος του κακου.
Norwegian	Ve den som jager efter skammelig vinning for sitt hus, for å bygge sitt rede i høiden, for å redde sig fra ulykkens hånd!
Portuguese	Ai daquele que adquire para a sua casa lucros criminosos, para pôr o seu ninho no alto, a fim de se livrar das garras da calamidade!
Rumanian	Vai de cel ce strknge ckwtiguri nelegiuite pentru casa lui, ca sq-wi aweze apoi cuibul kntr`un loc knalt, wi sq scape din mkna nenorocirii!
Russian	зПТЕ ФПНХ, ЛФП ЦБЦ�"ЕФ ОЕ� ТБЧЕ�"ОЩИ � ТЙП�'ТЕФЕОЙК �"МС �"ПНБ УЧПЕЗП, ЮФП�'Щ ХУФТПЙФШ ЗОЕЪ�"П УЧПЕ ОБ ЧЩУПФЕ Й ФЕН П�'ЕЪП� БУЙФШ УЕ�'С ПФ ТХЛЙ ОЕУЮБУФШС!
Spanish	¡Ay del que codicia injusta ganancia para su casa, poniendo en alto su nido para escaparse de mano de la calamidad!
Swedish	Ve dig som söker orätt vinning åt ditt hus, för att kunna bygga ditt näste högt uppe och så skydda dig undan olyckans våld! >Ords. 15,27. Dan. 4,27.
Thai	วิบัติแก่ผู้ที่อยากไ�"้กำไรมาสู่เรือนของตน�"้วยความชั่ว เพื่อจะวางรังของตัวให้สูงเ�"่นขึ้น เพื่อให้พ้นจากฤทธิ์อำนาจของความชั่วร้าย
Ukrainian	�"оре тому, хто неправедний зиск побира�" для дому свого, щоб покласти гніздо сво�" на висоті, і тим із рук злого врятованим бути!
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "nidus": niduses. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "nidus" (pronounced 'Ni"dus'): fundus, Gradus, Modus, Sapindus, Turdus. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-i-n-s-u"
	-1 letter: dins, duns.
	-2 letters: din, dis, dui, dun, ids, ins, nus, sin, sun, uns.
	-3 letters: id, in, is, nu, si, un, us.
	Words containing the letters "d-i-n-s-u"
	+1 letter: dingus, indues, nudies, nudism, nudist, undies, unsaid.
	+2 letters: audings, beduins, bundist, dinkums, diurons, dousing, dubbins, duncish, dunites, dunlins, durians, durions, dusking, dustbin, dusting, guidons, incudes, incused, indiums, induces, inducts, indults, indusia, infused, insured, niduses, nudisms, nudists, nudniks, pundits, sudsing, sueding, sunbird, sundial, tundish, unbinds, undines, ungirds, unipods, unsized, unsolid, unwinds, upbinds, upwinds, windups.
	+3 letters: audients, bedouins, buddings, bundists, buskined, conduits, dauphins, defusing, delusion, denarius, detinues, dianthus, diluents, dinguses, dinosaur, disannul, disbound, discount, disjunct, dismount, disunion, disunite, disunity, disusing, diurnals, dourines, drumlins, dubbings, dubniums, duckpins, ductings, dumpings, dungiest, dunnites, dustbins, fungoids, hindguts, hirudins, idoneous, impounds, inbounds, includes, inducers, indulges, indulins, indusial, indusium, industry, insouled, insulted, insureds, intrudes, maundies, minuends, misbound, missound, mistuned, mueddins, nimbused, noctuids, nuclides, nudities, nudnicks, outfinds, outwinds, puddings, punished, quinoids, roundish, scandium, scudding, seducing, seminude, sequined, sinuated, sinusoid, smudging, sounding, sourdine, spudding, squinted, studding, studying, subduing, subindex, sudation, sunbirds, sundials, sundries, unbiased, unbraids, unbuilds, undoings, unfished, unissued, unitards, unkissed, unlisted, unmodish, unpoised, unraised, unrinsed, unseized, unsifted, unsigned, unsliced, unsoiled, unsuited, untidies, unwisdom, unwished, uranides, uredines, uridines, windsurf.
	+4 letters: adjusting, anguished, audiences, auditions, baudekins, buildings, bundlings, burnished, burnsides, coinsured, crusading, cushioned, custodian, cutinised, dauphines, decurions, degusting, delousing, delusions, demilunes, denturist, diclinous, diffusing, diffusion, dilutions, diluvions, dinosaurs, disannuls, disburden, discounts, disjuncts, dismounts, disputant, disputing, dissensus, distingue, disunions, disunited, disunites, dominiums, doupionis, drubbings, ducklings, dulcianas, dulcineas, dumpiness, dumplings, dunghills, durations, duskiness, dustiness, duvetines, eductions, finitudes, fluidness, foundries, furnished, fusulinid, gaudiness, guanidins, guardians, gueridons, guidances, guildsman, guildsmen, humanised, humanoids, immunised, incrusted, indiciums, inductees, inductors, indulgers, indulines, indurates, innuendos, insculped, insidious, insulated, intruders, intrusted, inundates, invidious, jaundices, laundries, lucidness, luridness, missounds, mouldings, muddiness, muraenids, muscadine, nebulised, nonfluids, nonsuited, nourished, nucleoids, nursemaid, oncidiums, outdesign, outdrinks, outshined, outsinned, puddlings, pudencies, pudginess, queenside, quicksand, quidnuncs, reinduces, reinducts, reinfused, reinsured, rigaudons, ruddiness, rudiments, saturniid, scandiums, secluding, seduction, sequinned, shrouding, shunpiked, sideburns, sinusoids, soundings, sourdines, squadding, squidding, squinched, squinnied, stounding, strouding, studdings, subducing, subjoined, subsiding, suctioned, sudations, suiciding, sundering, supermind, supinated, sustained, swounding, tendinous, toluidins, tundishes, unadvised, unbridles, unbruised, underbids, underlies, underlips, underpins, underside, undersize, underspin, undesired, uninsured, unionised, unkindest, unrevised, unriddles, unshifted, unshipped, unsighted, unskilled, unspoiled, unstained, unstinted, unstudied, unsullied, untidiest, untwisted, unvisited, unwinders, unwisdoms, upsending, urbanised, vanadiums, whodunits, windburns, windsurfs.
	+5 letters: abductions, adductions, adenovirus, adulations, andalusite, andouilles, aneuploids, astounding, besmudging, bestudding, boundaries, bounderish, burgundies, butadienes, cloudiness, communised, cousinhood, custodians, debruising, decenniums, deductions, defocusing, degaussing, delusional, dentaliums, denturists, desugaring, dianthuses, diapausing, diaphanous, diazoniums, diffusions, diluteness, disabusing, disbudding, disburdens, disbursing, discounted, discounter, discussant, discussing, discussion, disdainful, disfurnish, disgruntle, disguising, disgusting, dismounted, displuming, disputants, disrupting, disruption, dissuading, dissuasion, disturbing, disulfoton, disunities, disuniting, disvaluing, dominiques, doronicums, duennaship, duopsonies, duralumins, educations, eruditions, euglenoids, eunuchoids, exudations, fluidising, foundlings, fundraiser, fungicides, furanoside, fusulinids, gerundives, gesundheit, groundfish, groundings, guanidines, guidelines, humdingers, husbanding, hydroniums, iguanodons, impudences, indecorous, indecorums, indentures, indigenous, inductions, industrial, industries, innuendoes, insinuated, instituted, instructed, interfused, interludes, introduces, inundators, kundalinis, languished, laudations, libidinous, liquidness, longitudes, luminesced, magnitudes, mendacious, misconduct, miscounted, misguiding, misjudging, missounded, mudslinger, muscadines, nautiloids, negritudes, neodymiums, neuritides, nidicolous, nidifugous, noninsured, nonliquids, nucleoside, nursemaids, odiousness, outdesigns, outlandish, pantsuited, pasquinade, persuading, plenitudes, punditries, quandaries, queensides, questioned, quicksands, quinidines, quotidians, rediscount, reductions, resounding, restudying, salmagundi, saturniids, scheduling, seductions, seminudity, shuddering, sideburned, sinusoidal, smudginess, soundalike, soundingly, stroudings, stupidness, sturdiness, subducting, subduction, subediting, subheading, subindexes, subindices, subkingdom, submarined, submediant, subsidence, subtending, succeeding, superminds, surprinted, suspending, tendrilous, testudines, toluidines, transuding, turbidness, turgidness, unassailed, unassigned, unassisted, undeceives, undecideds, underbrims, undergirds, underlines, underlings, undermines, undershirt, undersides, undersized, underskirt, underspins, underwings, underwires, undigested, undismayed, undisputed, undomestic, undressing, unfinished, ungodliest, unhandiest, uninspired, unkindness, unlicensed, unmarrieds, unpolished, unpunished, unravished, unreadiest, unsaddling, unsalaried, unscripted, unshielded, unsteadied, unsteadier, unsteadies, unsteadily, unstitched, unstrained, untidiness, upstanding, vanquished, vulcanised, whodunnits, windsurfed.
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