| 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) |
|---|---|
| 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) |