nerve center

Noun

Meaning

a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process

a center that provides information and control

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

center centre nerve centre mecca central nexus place site base capital location nub polestar middle focus

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Antonyms

valance side outside border edge boundary

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Hypernyms

center centre neural structure

Hyponyms

rhinencephalon inferior colliculus Wernicke's area respiratory center Broca's center Broca's convolution

Examples

Money ... is the nerve center of the economic system. If, therefore, the state is able to gain unquestioned control over the unit of all accounts, the state will then be in a position to dominate the entire economic system, and the whole society. Murray Rothbard

Commitment means that it is possible for a man to yield the nerve center of his consent to a purpose or cause, a movement or an ideal, which may be more important to him than whether he lives or dies. Howard Thurman

The city is the nerve center of our civilization. It is also the storm center. Josiah Strong

in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere Source: Internet

the nerve center of the diamond industry is in Amsterdam Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

nerve cell body nerve cell death nerve cells nerve centers nerve centre nerve compression