Nodus

Nodus (Latin "knot") stands for:

• Nodus (ornament) , a knob-like thickening on the handle or shaft of implements, see for example lecture cross or chalice (liturgy)
• Knot (botany) , transverse zone on the stems to which the leaves attach
• in medicine, some form of thickening or knot formation, in particular:
  • Nodus arthriticus , see gout
  • Nodus lymphaticus , see lymph nodes
• Nodus (Roman) , German title of the novel Rama Revealed by Arthur C. Clarke
• Nodus (sundial) , the point that casts the shadow on a sundial
• Aldhibah , star Nodus I.
• Altais , Stern, Nodus II

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Wiktionary: Nodus  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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