What does the word central mean?
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Of or pertaining to the centre; situated in or at the centre; as C. canal of the spinal cord, C. canal of the modiolus. C. cells, the adelomorphous cells of the stomach; so called because they lie in the centre of the gland-lobules. C. convolutions( C. gyri), the ascending frontal( Anterior c.) and ascending parietal( Posterior c.) convolutions, adjoining the C. fissure( C. sulcus, fissure of Rolando). C. lobe, the island of Reil, because situated within the substance of the brain. C. ligament of the spinal cord, the filum terminale. C. myeli’tis, myelitis involving the gray matter in the centre of the spinal cord. C. nervous system, the brain and spinal cord( nerve-centres) as opposed to the nerves or peripheral system. C. system of arteries, the arteries at the base of the brain supplying the ganglia in its centre.
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Applied to the centre, or to the c. nervous system. C. galvanization, galvanization with the cathode upon the epigastrium and the anode passed successively over the forehead, cranium, neck, and spine.
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Directed toward the nerve-centres
Usage examples for central
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Let us feel that whatever wrong is done to a single human being, throughout the world- wide family of man, is literally done to Jesus Christ, and we shall better understand that central Figure in the artist's picture. – Men in the Making by Ambrose Shepherd
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It will be well for you to learn something of the situation on both of them; but take the Central if you are compelled to choose- the one nearest to us. – Who Goes There? by Blackwood Ketcham Benson
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