nodes

plural of node
as in swellings
a small rounded mass of swollen tissue the doctor examined the node on my knee before deciding it was the result of arthritis

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Recent Examples of nodes The sys-sage library Led by Schulz, the research team extended the existing sys-sage library, a HPC software stack that processes data from supercomputers, such as information about processors and their performance, and data transfer between compute nodes. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025 Sears missed the web; Intel missed successive process nodes and the extreme-scale foundry model. Michael Cannivet, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025 This is where history meets lived experience, where history is not in the remote past, but located, sometimes, in nodes of trauma in bodies and psyches. Philip Metres august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025 This allows for a lot of possibilities to further deepen the hacking mechanic with more complex hacking grids, expanding it, or trying to decide which nodes will be of benefit in a fight. Echo Apsey, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2025 However, not everyone loves the aerial roots, those brown, woody appendages that grow from the nodes on the plant’s stem. Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Aug. 2025 Smallville was a petri dish for virtual sociality; rather than watching cells multiply, Park observed the agents gradually coalescing from individual nodes into a unified network. Webb Wright, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2025 This at-home massager, complete with eight kneading massage nodes and heat, is a real treat at the end of a long day. Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 9 Apr. 2025 Additional nodes for the Editors' Choice-winning eero 6+ are $140 each. PCMAG, 2 Mar. 2025
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Noun
  • Infection is rapid, causing swellings in the lymph nodes (buboes) and leading to septicaemia and pulmonary infection.
    Matthew Binnicker, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In approximately 5-10% of cases, the infection may progress to a chronic pulmonary form, causing persistent pneumonia-like symptoms, with the development of lung nodules that may be seen on chest X-ray.
    Matthew Binnicker, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Edward Herman from the Cook Islands' Seabed Minerals Authority holding polymetallic nodules, misshapen black globes encrusted with cobalt, nickel, manganese and other coveted metals, on June 12, 2025.
    Hugh Cameron John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Morgan willing to take lumps with rookie kicker While Canales has been lukewarm in his comments about rookie kicker Ryan Fitzgerald, Morgan offered a more polished endorsement on Thursday.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2025
  • These lumps typically develop in areas of the body where the skin rubs together, and can be recurrent.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Patches on the tongue are missing papillae, which are tiny, pinkish-white bumps, and look like a map.
    Julie Jordan, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Microsoft in 2020 released findings from a two-year study that determined undersea datacenters would prove a reliable and practical solution for issues related to corrosion from oxygen and humidity, temperature fluctuations, and bumps and jostles from people who replace broken components.
    Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Cancer Cancer occurs when abnormal cells grow and multiply uncontrollably, forming tumors.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Scientists are hailing promising breakthroughs in the fight against cancer, with one new therapy appearing to kill tumors without damaging healthy flesh.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Nodes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nodes. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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