| central atom | <physics> The atom to which the other atoms are bonded in a small molecule. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| central bearing | In dentistry, application of forces between the maxillae and mandible at a single point located as near as possible to the centre of the supporting areas of the upper and lower jaws; used for the purpose of distributing closing forces evenly throughout the areas of the supporting structures during the recording of maxillomandibular (jaw) relations and during the correction of occlusal errors. (05 Mar 2000) |
| central body | A zone of cytoplasm containing one or two centrioles but devoid of other organelles; usually located near the nucleus of a cell. Synonym: cell centre, central body, centrosome, cinocentrum, kinocentrum, microcentrum. Origin: cyto-+ G. Kentron, centre (05 Mar 2000) |
| central bone | A small bone occasionally found at the dorsal aspect of the wrist between the scaphoid, capitate, and trapezoid; it is developed as an independent cartilage in early foetal life but usually becomes fused with the scaphoid; it occurs normally in most monkeys. Synonym: central bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| central bone of ankle | A bone of the tarsus on the medial side of the foot articulating with the head of the talus, the three cuneiform bones, and occasionally the cuboid. Synonym: os naviculare, central bone of ankle, os centrale tarsi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| central bradycardia | Bradycardia due to disease of the central nervous system, usually with increased intracranial pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| central callus | The callus within the medullary cavity of a fractured bone. Synonym: medullary callus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| central canal | The ependyma-lined lumen (cavity) of the neural tube, the cerebral part of which remains patent to form the ventricles of the brain, while the spinal part in the adult often is reduced to a solid strand of modified ependyma. Synonym: canalis centralis medullae spinalis, central canal of spinal cord, tubus medullaris. Synonym: syringocele. (05 Mar 2000) |
| central canal of spinal cord | The ependyma-lined lumen (cavity) of the neural tube, the cerebral part of which remains patent to form the ventricles of the brain, while the spinal part in the adult often is reduced to a solid strand of modified ependyma. Synonym: canalis centralis medullae spinalis, central canal of spinal cord, tubus medullaris. Synonym: syringocele. (05 Mar 2000) |
| central canal of the vitreous | A minute canal running through the vitreous from the discus nervi optici to the lens, containing in foetal life a prolongation of the central artery of the retina, the hyaloid artery. See: vitreous, hyaloid artery. Synonym: canalis hyaloideus, central canal of the vitreous, Cloquet's canal, Stilling's canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| central canals of cochlea | Centrally placed channels that convey vessels and nerves to the apical turns of the cochlea. Synonym: canales longitudinales modioli, central canals of cochlea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| central cataract | Congenital cataract limited to the embryonic nucleus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| central cementifying fibroma | <tumour> A microscopic variant of a central ossifying fibroma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| central complex | In an enzyme-catalyzed reaction, the structural complex of the enzyme and all of the enzyme's substrates (or the enzyme with all of the enzyme's products) equivalent to the binary complex for a one-substrate enzyme. Compare: binary complex, Michaelis complex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| central cord syndrome | <syndrome> Quadriparesis most severely involving the distal upper extremities, with or without sensory loss and bladder dysfunction, usually due to ischemia from osteophytic or traumatic compression of the central part of the cervical spinal cord and/or artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms : Infections, Bacterial, Central Nervous System
Synonyms : Rathke's Cleft Cysts, Cleft Cysts, Rathke's, Cyst, Suprasellar, Cysts, Rathke Cleft, Cysts, Suprasellar, Rathkes Cleft Cysts, Suprasellar Cysts
Synonyms : CNS Depressants, Depressants, CNS
Synonyms : CNS Diseases, Central Nervous System Disorders, CNS Disease
Synonyms : Central Nervous System Mycoses, Infections, Fungal, Central Nervous System
| centrifugal |
tending to move away from a center; "centrifugal force" tending away from centralization, as of authority; "the division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress" conveying information to the muscles from the CNS; "motor nerves"
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| centrifugal force |
the outward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body
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| central body |
centrosome: small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus; contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules
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| centrifuge |
rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension
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| centriole |
one of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells; composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during mitosis
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| centr | countries occupying Central America |
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| centr | fern with shorter and narrower leaves than Florida strap fern |
| centr | a branch of the ophthalmic artery |
| centr | a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government |
| centr | small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus |
| centr | black-faced chimpanzees of central Africa |
| centr | the central part of a city |
| centr | a Dravidian language spoken primarily in central India |
| centr | either of two gyri on either side of the central sulcus |
| centr | a heating system in which air or water is heated at a central furnace and sent through the building via vents or pipes and radiators |
| centr | an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest |
| centr | the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord |