nidaladj.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪdl/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪd(ə)l/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nīdus , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin nīdus nest (see nidus n.) + -al suffix¹; in sense 3, after nidus n. With sense 2, compare nidation n. Compare post-classical Latin nidalis taken from the nest, of a falcon (1216).

1. Of or relating to a nest. rare.Now only as the second element in compounds; see extra-nidal adj. at extra- prefix Additions, intranidal adj. at intra- prefix Additions, pilonidal adj. at pilo- comb. form .

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the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [adjective] > of or relating to nests

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1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 17 165/1 Like brooding halcyons calming the angry waters around their sacred nidal circle.

2. Physiology. Of the lining of the uterus: exhibiting cyclical thickening in preparation for implantation of an ovum. Cf. nidation n. 1. Now rare or disused.

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1874 J. H. Aveling in Obstetr. Jrnl. 2 210 The membrane thus developed has received a great number of names. The one most usually employed is menstrual decidua, but...I have adopted as more appropriate that of nidal decidua.

1904 G. S. Hall Adolescence I. 483 The decidua were nidal.

3. Chiefly Medicine. Of or relating to a nidus (esp. in senses 1c and 2).

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1903 T. L. Stedman Dunglison's Dict. Med. Sci. (ed. 23) 765/1 Nidal, relating to nidus or nest; focal.

1976 Amer. Midland Naturalist 95 347 Certain factors control populations in the individual, and some additional factors operate primarily in the nidal community.

1978 Jrnl. Rheumatol. 5 7 This network is different in crystals from tophi, suggesting crystal formation about an electron lucent nidal matrix.

2000 Neurosurgery 46 1454 Nidal vessel walls of AVMs [sc. arteriovenous malformations] showed disorganized collagen bundles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	nidal
释义	nidaladj. Brit. /ˈnʌɪdl/, U.S. /ˈnaɪd(ə)l/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nīdus , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin nīdus nest (see nidus n.) + -al suffix¹; in sense 3, after nidus n. With sense 2, compare nidation n. Compare post-classical Latin nidalis taken from the nest, of a falcon (1216). 1. Of or relating to a nest. rare.Now only as the second element in compounds; see extra-nidal adj. at extra- prefix Additions, intranidal adj. at intra- prefix Additions, pilonidal adj. at pilo- comb. form . ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [adjective] > of or relating to nests penduline1791 nidal1850 1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 17 165/1 Like brooding halcyons calming the angry waters around their sacred nidal circle. 2. Physiology. Of the lining of the uterus: exhibiting cyclical thickening in preparation for implantation of an ovum. Cf. nidation n. 1. Now rare or disused. ΚΠ 1874 J. H. Aveling in Obstetr. Jrnl. 2 210 The membrane thus developed has received a great number of names. The one most usually employed is menstrual decidua, but...I have adopted as more appropriate that of nidal decidua. 1904 G. S. Hall Adolescence I. 483 The decidua were nidal. 3. Chiefly Medicine. Of or relating to a nidus (esp. in senses 1c and 2). ΚΠ 1903 T. L. Stedman Dunglison's Dict. Med. Sci. (ed. 23) 765/1 Nidal, relating to nidus or nest; focal. 1976 Amer. Midland Naturalist 95 347 Certain factors control populations in the individual, and some additional factors operate primarily in the nidal community. 1978 Jrnl. Rheumatol. 5 7 This network is different in crystals from tophi, suggesting crystal formation about an electron lucent nidal matrix. 2000 Neurosurgery 46 1454 Nidal vessel walls of AVMs [sc. arteriovenous malformations] showed disorganized collagen bundles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1850
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