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Definition of: nidus
(nī′dəs) noun plural ·di (-dī)
1. A place for the natural deposit of eggs, especially of insects, spiders, etc.
2. A place in an organism adapted to the development of some germ or parasite; hence, a center of infection. [<L]
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