center (n)
centre (n)
nerve center (n)
nerve centre (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 08
def a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
examples in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere
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Hypernym neural structure
Hyponym auditory center; rhinencephalon, olfactory brain; Broca's area, Broca's center, Broca's gyrus, Broca's convolution, convolution of Broca; Wernicke's area, Wernicke's center; superior colliculus; inferior colliculus; respiratory center
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Hyponym neural structure
Hypernym auditory center; rhinencephalon, olfactory brain; Broca's area, Broca's center, Broca's gyrus, Broca's convolution, convolution of Broca; Wernicke's area, Wernicke's center; superior colliculus; inferior colliculus; respiratory center

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