| nidal | Relating to a nidus, or nest. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| nidamental | <zoology> Of, pertaining to, or baring, eggs or egg capsules; as, the nidament capsules of certain gastropods; nidamental glands. Origin: L. Nidamentum materials for a nest, fr. Nidus nest. See Nest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nidation | Implantation of the conceptus in the endometrium. Origin: L. Nidus = nest (18 Nov 1997) |
| NIDDM | <abbreviation> Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nidificate | To make a nest. "Where are the fishes which nidificated in trees?" (Lowell) Origin: L. Nidificare, nidificatum; nidus nest + -ficare (in comp) to make. See -fy, and cf. Nest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nidogen | <protein> A dumbbell shaped 150 kD sulphated glycoprotein that is found in all basement membranes. It binds to laminin, forming a very stable 1:1 complex (KD = 10nM) and almost all laminin preparations contain entactin. The N terminal globular domain can self aggregate, whilst the C terminal globular domain binds to the short arm of laminin and to collagen IV. The connecting rod has 5-6 EGF type cysteine rich repeats, one of which has an RGD sequence for cellular interaction. (18 Nov 1997) |
| nidulant | 1. Nestling, as a bird in itss nest. 2. <botany> Lying loose in pulp or cotton within a berry or pericarp, as in a nest. Origin: L. Nidulans, p.pr., cf. F. Nidulant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nidulite | <paleontology> A Silurian fossil, formerly supposed to consist of eggs. Origin: L. Nidulus a little nest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nidus | <zoology> A nest: a repository for the eggs of birds, insects, etc.; a breeding place; especially, the place or substance where parasites or the germs of a disease effect lodgment or are developed. (06 Mar 1998) |
| nidus avis | A deep depression on each side of the inferior surface of the cerebellum, between the uvula and the biventral lobe, in which the tonsil rests. Synonym: nidus hirundinis. Origin: L. Bird's nest (05 Mar 2000) |
| nidus hirundinis | A deep depression on each side of the inferior surface of the cerebellum, between the uvula and the biventral lobe, in which the tonsil rests. Synonym: nidus hirundinis. Origin: L. Bird's nest (05 Mar 2000) |