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| nerve centre
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nerve center
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun nerve center has 2 senses
- nerve center(n = noun.location) nerve centre - a center that provides information and control; "the nerve center of the diamond industry is in Amsterdam" is a kind of center, centre
- nerve center(n = noun.body) center, centre, nerve centre - a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere" is a kind of neural structure
has particulars: auditory center, olfactory brain, rhinencephalon, broca's area, broca's center, broca's convolution, broca's gyrus, convolution of broca, wernicke's area, wernicke's center, superior colliculus, inferior colliculus, respiratory center
THESAURUS
nerve center
bosom, breast, center of activity, center of life, esoteric reality, focal point, focus, ganglion, heart, heart of hearts, hub, inmost heart, inmost soul, inner man, inner nature, inside, polestar, quick, seat, secret heart, soul, spirit, true being, true inwardness, vital center, vital principle, vitals
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