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nerve center
noun
- a group of nerve cells closely connected with one another and acting together in the performance of some function.
- a source of information, authority, action, etc.:
The communications room is the nerve center of a battleship.
Word History and Origins
Origin of nerve center1
Example Sentences
A man who the FBI actually thinks should be investigated as the nerve center of organized crime in America.
While the Fed is headquartered in Washington, D.C., the New York branch is its nerve center.
Antakya has become a nerve center for the uprising against Assad.
Ms. Kirkpatrick was the nerve center of my school, Jackson Academy.
The fire erupted suddenly in the bay housing the electrical nerve center.
Yes, true enough, thinking is a function of the brain and nerve center, just as writing is a function of the hand.
When the nerve center in the neck tastes a little carbon dioxid, it doesnt say anything.
This seat usually served as the nerve center of the activities of his entire estate, with the other units subordinate to it.
It causes depression of the nerve center controlling the blood vessels and thus lowers blood pressure.
If this bubble reaches a nerve-center it causes severe pain, similar to neuralgia; if it gets to the brain it causes paralysis.
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