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n. A nest, especially one for the eggs of insects, spiders, or small animals.

n. A cavity where spores develop.

n. Pathology A central point or focus of bacterial growth in a living organism.

n. 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.

n. A nest for insects or small animals

n. A locus of infection in an organism

n. An originating point for a phenomenon

"Tyndall had shown that in the moving particles of fine dust discovered by a ray of light in a dark room the germs of low forms of life, which would cause putrefaction, were ever present, and ready to spring into life when a favorable "nidus" for the development of the organism was provided."

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