| CDSC | Communicable Diseases Surveillance Centre [London] |
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| ECETOC | European Centre for Ecotoxicity and Toxicology of Chemicals |
| ECVAM | European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods |
| GECC | Government Employees' Clinic Centre |
| MSDC | Mass Spectrometry Data Centre |
| CEPH | Centre D'Etude du Polymorphisme Humain |
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| CDC | Centre for Disease Control |
| CHC | Child Health Centre |
| CDSC | Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre |
| CHC | community health centre |
| centre | 1. The middle point of a body; loosely, the interior of a body. A centre of any kind, especially an anatomical centre. 2. A group of nerve cells governing a specific function. Synonym: centrum. Origin: L. Centrum; G. Kentron (05 Mar 2000) |
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| centre median de Luys | Synonym: centromedian nucleus. Origin: Fr. (05 Mar 2000) |
| centre of ossification | The site of earliest bone formation via accumulation of osteoblasts within connective tissue (membranous ossification) or of earliest destruction of cartilage prior to onset of ossification (endochondral ossification). Synonym: punctum ossificationis, ossific centre, point of ossification. (05 Mar 2000) |
| centre of ridge | The buccolingual midline of the residual ridge. (05 Mar 2000) |
| centre of rotation | A point or line around which all other points in a body move. See: axis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| centrencephalic | Relating to the centre of the encephalon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| centrencephalic epilepsy | An imprecise term referring to epilepsy characterised electroencephalographically by bilateral synchronous discharges, and clinically by absence or generalised tonic-clonic seizures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Centres for Disease Control | The federal facility for disease eradication, epidemiology, and education headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, which encompasses the Centre for Infectious Diseases, Centre for Environmental Health, Centre for Health Promotion and Education, Centre for Prevention Services, Centre for Professional Development and Training, and Centre for Occupational Safety and Health. Formerly named Centre for Disease Control (1970), Communicable Disease Centre (1946). (05 Mar 2000) |
| centres for disease control and prevention | See: CDC. (12 Dec 1998) |
| active centre | The part of a macromolecule at which a substrate or ligand, upon binding, produces biological activity; for an enzyme, this is the catalytic centre, the site on an enzyme that catalyses the reaction. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| anospinal centre | The centre in the spinal cord that controls the contraction of the anal sphincter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| asymmetric centre | <chemistry> Same as a chiral centre, a tetrahedral carbon atom that bears four different substituents. (09 Jan 1998) |
| Broca's centre | The posterior part of the inferior frontal gyrus of the left or dominant hemisphere, corresponding approximately to Brodmann's area 44; Broca identified this region as an essential component of the motor mechanisms governing articulated speech. Synonym: Broca's area, Broca's field, motor speech centre. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Budge's centre | The preganglionic motor neurons in the first thoracic segment of the spinal cord which give rise to the sympathetic innervation of the dilator muscle of the eye's pupil. Synonym: Budge's centre. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vasomotor centre | Diffuse area of the reticular formation in the lateral medulla containing neurons that control vascular tone; consists of separate vasodepressor and vasopressor areas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reaction centre | <plant biology> The site in the chloroplast that receives the energy trapped by chlorophyll and accessory pigments and initiates the electron transfer process. A photosynthetic complex containing chlorophyll (or bacteriochlorophyll) and other components, within which occurs the initial electron transfer reactions of photophosphorylation. (09 Oct 1997) |
| germinal centre | Areas within lymph nodes where B lymphocytes rapidly divide. (09 Oct 1997) |
| germinal centre kinase | <enzyme> A human ste20 homolog; mw 97 kD; has been sequenced Registry number: EC 2.7.10.- Synonym: germinal centre kinase gck, gc kinase, bl44 gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| germinal centre of Flemming | The lightly staining centre in a lymphatic nodule in which the predominant cells are large lymphocytes and macrophages. Synonym: reaction centre. (05 Mar 2000) |
| catalytic centre | See: active centre. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cell centre | Microtubule organising centre of the cell, the pericentriolar region. (18 Nov 1997) |
| vital centre | Centre essential to life; usually refers to the centres located in the medulla oblongata which are necessary for the maintenance of respiration and circulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medullary centre | The great mass of white matter composing the interior of the cerebral hemisphere; the name refers to the general shape of this white core in horizontal sections of the hemisphere. Synonym: centrum medullare, centrum ovale, medullary centre, semioval centre, Vicq d'Azyr's centrum semiovale, Vieussens' centrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| respiratory centre | The region in the medulla oblongata concerned with integrating afferent information to determine the signals to the respiratory muscles; the inspiratory and expiratory centre's considered together. (05 Mar 2000) |
| centre |
a low-lying region in central France center: an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm" center: a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure center: a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers" center: the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering center: move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered" center: a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere" center: a building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were raising money to build a new center for research" concentrate: direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
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pertaining to the center of the encephalon; see under system.
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generalized tonic-clonic s.
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Shop or group of shops, usually at an out-of-centre location, purportedly specialising in selling seconds and end-of-line goods at discounted prices.
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means school, college or other organisation that has been approved to offer AQA, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR and/or WJEC examinations.
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| centre | a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process |
| centre | a place where some particular activity is concentrated |
| centre | a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure |
| centre | an area that is approximately central within some larger region |
| centre | focus one's attention on something |
| centre | move into the center |
| centre | a low-lying region in central France |
| centre | a bit with a sharp center point for guidance and two side cutters |
| centre | the center of the circle of curvature |
| centre | the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act |
| centre | the spread at the center of a magazine |
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