pesäke

== Finnish == === Etymology === pesä (“nest”) +‎ -ke (a diminutive-forming suffix) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpesækeˣ/, [ˈpe̞s̠æk̟e̞(ʔ)] Rhymes: -esæke Syllabification(key): pe‧sä‧ke Hyphenation(key): pe‧sä‧ke === Noun === pesäke (pathology) growth (mass of cells affected by a disease) syöpäpesäke ― cancer growth (microbiology) colony (of bacteria e.g. in a Petri dish) (military) nest (fortified position for firing) konekivääripesäke ― machine gun nest hot spot (center of dangerous activity, normally used with a modifier to specify the kind of danger) kriisipesäke ― crisis hot spot chamber, casing, pocket (on some machines) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== syöpäkudos === Further reading === “pesäke”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023