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center

noun cen·ter

Medical Definition of CENTER

:  a group of nerve cells having a common function <the brain stem's respiratory center>—called also nerve center

Variants of CENTER

cen·ter or chiefly British cen·tre \ˈsent-ər\

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19 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. center (noun)
  2. centre
  3. center of ossification (noun)
  4. auditory center (noun)
  5. birthing center (noun)
  6. burn center (noun)
  7. chiral center (noun)
  8. crisis center (noun)
  9. germ center (noun)
  10. germinal center (noun)
  11. motor center (noun)
  12. nerve center (noun)
  13. optical center (noun)
  14. organization center (noun)
  15. pneumotaxic center (noun)
  16. respiratory center (noun)
  17. speech center (noun)
  18. trauma center (noun)
  19. vomiting center (noun)
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