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noun

a group of nerve cells closely connected with one another and acting together in the performance of some function.

a source of information, authority, action, etc.: The communications room is the nerve center of a battleship.

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Origin of nerve center

First recorded in 1865–70

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nervate, nervation, nerve, nerve block, nerve cell, nerve center, nerve centre, nerve cord, nerve fiber, nerve fibre, nerve gas

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Note: UNICOR uses its inmates for everything from call center operators to human demolishers of old computers.
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The controlling center of consciousness is the extreme limit of the nares anteri.
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It was Carmena, every nerve of her loyal nature on the alert to baffle this pursuer of Alessandro and Ramona.
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In the center of the river line stood the imposing red sandstone palace of Bahadur Shah, last of the Moguls.
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To add point to this success, he knew that the victor of Montebello was straining every nerve to gain this very prize.
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The artillery and 81st were on the right of the line, the native infantry in the center, and the sowars on the left.
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