(n.) A nest: a repository for the eggs of birds, insects, etc.; a breeding place; esp., the place or substance where parasites or the germs of a disease effect lodgment or are developed.
Example Sentences:
(1) The nidus was excised totally, then a gradual improvement of those symptoms followed.
(2) The roentgenographic appearance of most lesions consisted of a radiolucent central nidus encircled by sclerotic bone.
(3) It was suggested that the dorsum of the tongue may function as a nidus for periodontopathic micro-organisms.
(4) Osteoid osteomas were removed by CT-guided core drill excision of the nidus in 4 patients.
(5) The nidus was significantly reduced and total removal of the nidus was successfully done 28 days following the embolization.
(6) Angiograms obtained prior to treatment in 53 cases of deep-seated cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVM's) were retrospectively analyzed with particular attention to the topography of the AVM nidus and the venous drainage.
(7) As kala-azar patients and dogs infected with visceral leishmaniasis are mostly in the area below 1,600 m sea level and the area above 2,000 m sea level is unpopulated, the natural infection of sandflies was thought, therefore, to come from wild animal hosts and the natural nidus of kala-azar there warrants further investigation.
(8) Slit-like cysts may result from old haemorrhage from the AVM nidus.
(9) MR angiograms were also helpful for further defining the nidus.
(10) Precipitation of calcium salts from bile is important in pigment gallstone formation and may serve as a nidus for cholesterol precipitation.
(11) Total extirpation of the nidus was successful in 32 cases, while no surgery was undertaken in 15.
(12) These ovoid bodies then appeared to serve as a nidus for further extensive basement membrane calcification.
(13) Because AP binds amyloid fibrils, codistribution of amyloid deposits and AP in amyloid elastosis strongly supports the theory that elastic fiber-associated AP may act as a nidus for amyloid deposition.
(14) An adhesion is considered as a nidus for segmental sclerosis; as the adhesion progresses, the related tuft regions turn into sclerosis.
(15) In pathological conditions, thrombogenic surfaces act as a nidus for platelet adherence and thrombus formation.
(16) Radiological investigation showed a typical feature for osteoblastoma of iliac bone, with two niduses.
(17) MR imaging was also inferior to angiography in determining the nidus and the exact nature of collateral vascular structures in arteriovenous malformations.
(18) The papilla of Vater, diminutive as it may be, forms the nidus for a variety of clinical disorders.
(19) If septic shock ensues, extirpation of the nidus of infection becomes a primary consideration.
(20) The relatively large nidus of the AVM was located mainly in the anterior portion of the corpus callosum, and there was a smaller nidus in the splenium.