пизэке
Erzya
Etymology
пизэ (pize, “nest”) + -ке (-ke, “a diminutive-forming suffix”)
Noun
пизэке • (pizeke)
- (pathology) growth (mass of cells affected by a disease)
- цюци~ : cancer growth
- (microbiology) colony (of bacteria e.g. in a Petri dish)
- (military) nest (as in: machine gun nest)
- hot spot (center of dangerous activity, normally used with a modifier to specify the kind of danger)