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DEGLUTITION CENTER

\dɪɡluːtˈɪʃən sˈɛntə], \dɪɡluːtˈɪʃən sˈɛntə], \d_ɪ_ɡ_l_uː_t_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n s_ˈɛ_n_t_ə]\

Definitions of DEGLUTITION CENTER

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Nerve-center controlling swallowing.
See Center.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A center in the gray matter in the floor of the fourth ventricle, which presides over the reflex act of swallowing.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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