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cen•tric

Pronunciation: (sen'trik), [key]
—adj.
1. pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
2. Anat., Physiol.pertaining to or originating at a nerve center. Also,cen'tri•cal.

-centric

a combining form with the meanings “having a center or centers” of the specified number or kind (polycentric); “centered upon, focused around” that named by the first element (ethnocentric; heliocentric).

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

centri-

centrifugal

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