This compilation of data is called a tide table. Tides have little effect in the open ocean and in lakes, so tables mainly are generated for coastal areas, inlets, bays and estuaries. Not surprisingly, boats rely heavily on tidal information.
nidus in Medicine. nidus niÂ·dus (nÄ«'dÉs) n. pl. niÂ·dusÂ·es or niÂ·di (-dÄ«) A central point or focus of bacterial growth in a living organism. A nest, especially one for the eggs of insects, spiders, pathogenic organisms, or small animals. A cavity where spores develop. A point or place at which something originates, accumulates, or develops, as the center around which calculi form.
On the evaluation of the lung paranchima, an AVM with a nidus of 28x24 mm, an artery of 8 mm and a vein of 12 mm supplied by the right lung upper lobe posterior pulmonary artery branch and draining into the upper lobe posterior pulmonary vein branch was found.