| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
one of eight Federal public health agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The CDC, and its 11 Centers, Institutes, and Offices, promotes health surveillance to monitor and prevent disease, injury, and disability. It maintains national health statistics, conducts research, and provides service towards illness and injury prevention.
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| center |
A cluster of neurons in the lateral nuclei of the hypothalamus that, when stimulated, brings about feeding.
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| centering |
the support for formwork for any slab, beam, or other horizontal concrete structure on which the arch ring is constructed. Centering is usually timber or metal framework, with its top portion shaped to conform with the arch intrados and covered with lagging or with bolsters spaced to permit treatment of the mortared joints of stone masonry
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A group of nerve cells in which the nerve impulses controlling any function are coordinated. C. of origin, a group of nerve cells whose axons make up a motor nerve. C. of termination, a group of nerve cells among which the axons of a sensory nerve terminate.
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| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
a governmental agency whose mission is to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling, disease, injury, and disability.
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