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ministry(dictionary)
ministry(dictionary)
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food(dictionary)
Centro Sur(tourism)
centro-(medicine)
centro-(dictionary)
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Centro Medico(health)
CENTRO Retail Group(finance)

Ministry of Defence, the (oh) and centro- (iou)


Ministry of Defence, the (oh)



MOD the British government department that is responsible for the UK's armed forces. The minister in charge of this department is the Secretary of State for Defence.

centro- (iou)



centro- combining form of Latin centrum CENTRE noun: see -O-.
centro'baric adjective (now rare or obsolete) relating to or possessing a centre of gravity E18.
centro'lecithal adjective (of an egg or egg cell) having a centrally-placed yolk L19.
centromere noun [Greek meros part] Cytology the part of a chromosome with which the spindle fibres become associated in cell division E20.
centro'meric adjective pertaining to or associated with a centromere; having or involving a centromere: M20.
centrosome noun (Cytology) a region of cytoplasm which is adjacent to the nucleus during interphase and forms the centre of an aster during division L19.
centrosphere noun (Cytology) a centrosome; spec. the central part of an aster during division: L19.