| 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) |
| centri- | Combining form denoting centre. (05 Mar 2000) |
| centri-acinar emphysema | Emphysema affecting the lobules around their central bronchioles, causally related to bronchiolitis, and seen in coal-miner's pneumoconiosis. Synonym: centri-acinar emphysema. (05 Mar 2000) |
| centric | Having a centre (of a specific kind or number) or having a specific thing as its centre (of interest, focus, etc.). Origin: G. Kentron, centre (05 Mar 2000) |
| centric contact | The relation of opposing occlusal surfaces which provides the maximum planned contact and/or intercuspation, the occlusion of the teeth when the mandible is in centric relation to the maxillae. Synonym: centric contact. (05 Mar 2000) |
| centric fusion | <molecular biology> A special type of nonreciprocal translocation in chromosomes whereby the long arms of two nonhomologous acrocentric chromosomes are attached to a single centromere. The short arms become attached to form a reciprocal structure that however often disappears some divisions after its formation. (17 Dec 1997) |
| centric interocclusal record | A record of centric jaw relation, eccentric interocclusal record, a record of jaw position in other than centric relation, lateral interocclusal record, a record of a lateral eccentric jaw position; and (05 Mar 2000) |
| central capsule |
a structure seen in certain protozoa of the superclass Actinopoda, such as radiolarians, that encloses the central nucleated core of cytoplasm and is surrounded by a membrane perforated to permit communication with the outer cortex (calymma).
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| central convulsion |
a convulsion not excited by any external cause, but due to a lesion of the central nervous system; called also essential c.
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| Central European encephalitis |
the milder form of tick-borne encephalitis, first noted in Central Europe.
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| central serous retinopathy |
a usually self-limiting condition marked by acute localized detachment of the neural retina or retinal pigment epithelium in the region of the macula, with hypermetropia; called also central angiospastic retinitis or retinopathy.
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| central vein |
a vein that occupies the axis of an organ.
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| CEN | (football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back |
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| CEN | the concentration of attention or energy on something |
| CEN | a line that bisects a plane figure |
| CEN | placed at the center of something (as on a table) |
| CEN | the ordinal number of one hundred in counting order |
| CEN | relating to or divided into hundredths |
| CEN | a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile |
| CEN | (surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid |
| CEN | of a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 0 degrees C and the boiling point as 100 degrees C under normal atmospheric pressure |
| CEN | a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100 degrees |
| CEN | a thermometer calibrated in degrees centigrade |
| CEN | (statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total |