nerve center

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noun

1. a center that provides information and control
- the nerve center of the diamond industry is in Amsterdam
• Syn:
nerve centre
• Hypernyms:
center, centre
2. a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
- in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere
• Syn:
center, centre, nerve centre
• Hypernyms:
neural structure
• Hyponyms:
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