"nerve centre" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nerve centres [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nerve centre (plural nerve centres)
  1. (British spelling, Canadian spelling) Standard spelling of nerve center. Tags: Canada, UK
    Sense id: en-nerve_centre-en-noun-qP64-O7n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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