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nerve center definition

nerve center

  1. any group of nerve cells that function together in controlling some specific sense or bodily activity, as breathing
  2. a control center; headquarters

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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