See Also: centrum medianum(medicine)
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ligamentum thyrohyoideum medianum(medicine)
ligamentum umbilicale medianum(medicine)
centrum(medicine)
centrum(dictionary)
centrum of a vertebra(medicine)
centrum semiovale(medicine)
centrum medullare(medicine)
Vieussens' centrum(medicine)

off(2) (iou) and centrum medianum (medicine)


off(2) (iou)



off verb. ME.
[from the adverb, with ellipsis of a verb: inflected forms rare before 19.]
I. verb intrans. non-standard & joc. exc. in imper.
Foll. by with: take off, chop off, remove. ME.
K. Grahame When the Queen said 'Off with his head!' she'd have offed with your head.
Come off, be taken off. LME.
Go off, make off, leave. E17.
Listener He ups and offs from wife, job, kids.
II. verb trans.
Put off; defer. Only in M17.
Take off, remove; eat off, swallow. rare. L19.
Kill. slang (orig. US Black English). M20.
S. Paretsky She might off a cop, but she wouldn't shoot her boyfriend.

centrum medianum (medicine)


centrum medianum -->
centromedian nucleus


A large, lentil-shaped cell group, the largest and most caudal of the intralaminar nuclei, located within the lamina medullaris interna of the thalamus between the mediodorsal nucleus and ventrobasal nucleus; so called by Luys because of its prominent appearance on frontal sections midway between the anterior and posterior pole of the human thalamus. The nucleus receives numerous fibres from the internal segment of the globus pallidus by way of the thalamic fasciculus, ansa lenticularis, and lenticular fasciculus as well as projections from area 4 of the motor cortex; its major efferent connection is with the putamen although collaterals reach broad areas of the cerebral cortex.

Synonym: nucleus centromedianus, centre median de Luys, centrum medianum.