пизэке

Erzya

Etymology

пизэ (pize, “nest”) +‎ -ке (-ke, “a diminutive-forming suffix”)

Noun

пизэке • (pizeke)

  1. (pathology) growth (mass of cells affected by a disease)
    цюци~ : cancer growth
  2. (microbiology) colony (of bacteria e.g. in a Petri dish)
  3. (military) nest (as in: machine gun nest)
  4. hot spot (center of dangerous activity, normally used with a modifier to specify the kind of danger)
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