Definitions for "Nidus"
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.
The knotted tangle of blood vessels in an arteriovenous malformation. Nidus is the Latin word for nest.
a nest in which spiders or insects deposit their eggs
a central point or locus of an infection in an organism; "the focus of infection"
The focus of reduced density at the center of an osteoid osteoma, on bone radiographs.
Keywords:  spores, seeds, developed, place
a " place where spores or seeds are developed
Specific locality of a given disease; result of a unique combination of ecological factors that favors the maintenance and transmission of the disease organism.