CENTERED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does centered mean? 

• CENTERED (adjective)
  The adjective CENTERED has 1 sense:

1. being or placed in the center

  Familiarity information: CENTERED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CENTERED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being or placed in the center

Similar:

central (in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area)

 Context examples 

Since retinal vascular development proceeds from the optic nerve to the ora serrata, the zones are centered on the optic disc rather than the macula.

(Immature Retinal Vasculature, NICHD)

A carbohydrate comprised of two monosaccharides joined by an ether bridge (covalent bonds centered by an oxygen).

(Disaccharide, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A subdiscipline of psychology centered on the special mental health needs of non-adults.

(Child Psychiatry, NCI Thesaurus)

The Indiana University Cancer Center's mission is to advance the understanding, prevention, and treatment of cancer with patient-centered care, acceleration of promising science, and collaborative educational programs.

(Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)

It stimulates polymorphonuclear cell function (degranulation, formation of oxygen-centered free radicals, arachidonic acid release, and metabolism).

(Leukotriene B4, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

So saying, he quickened his pace, and the three comrades were soon close to the straggling and broad-spread town which centered round the noble church and the frowning castle.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The patient- and family-centered active holistic care of patients with advanced, progressive disease.

(Palliative therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

Magnesium is found in many green plants, vegetables, and seeds; chlorophyll is a magnesium-centered porphyrin compound.

(Magnesium, NCI Thesaurus)

All his wishes centered in domestic comfort and the quiet of private life.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

The Cancer Clinical and Economic Outcomes Shared Resource is a multi-disciplinary resource providing methodologic expertise and support for Cancer Center investigators in patient-centered evaluation in patients at risk for or with cancer.

(Cancer Clinical and Economic Outcomes Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)