: being, relating to, or located at or near a node
nodality
nō-ˈda-lə-tē
noun
nodally
ˈnō-dᵊl-ē
adverb
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe court also asked each hospital to appoint a nodal officer to ensure fire compliance. Tabassum Barnagarwala, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2022 In some cases, the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), the country’s nodal body for medical research and the Covid-19 response, sometimes went over and above WHO recommendations. Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 17 Feb. 2021 In India today, this loosely translates into the federalism of the states, where the central government plays a nodal role, but allows for greater autonomy at local district levels. Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 2 Sep. 2020 With more than 270,000 people under observation nationwide, Jokowi asked officials to start using the more than 10,000 community health clinics as nodal points for sample testing, tracing and isolation. Arys Aditya, Bloomberg.com, 18 May 2020 In India, the National Institute of Virology in Pune is the nodal laboratory for testing high-risk pathogens. Niharika Sharma, Quartz India, 10 Feb. 2020 Both widening of the nodal gap and thinning of the myelin sheath slow the speed of impulse transmission. R. Douglas Fields, Scientific American, 12 Mar. 2020 See More
Word History
First Known Use
circa 1830, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
nodal
adjective
nod·al ˈnōd-ᵊl
: being, relating to, or located at or near a node