Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun respiratory_center

1 sense of respiratory center

Sense 1
respiratory center -- (the center in the medulla oblongata and pons that integrates sensory information about the level of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood and determines the signals to be sent to the respiratory muscles)
       => center, centre, nerve center, nerve centre -- (a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere")