| nerve centre | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a group of nerve cells associated with a specific function |
| 2. | a principal source of control over any complex activity: Wall Street is the financial nerve centre of America |
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| nerve centre | |
noun | |
| 1. | a center that provides information and control; "the nerve center of the diamond industry is in Amsterdam" [syn: nerve center] |
| 2. | a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere" [syn: center] |