• a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction
• the positively charged dense center of an atom
• a small group of indispensable persons or things
• (astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail
• any histologically identifiable mass of neural cell bodies in the brain or spinal cord
• the central structure of the lens that is surrounded by the cortex
• A martial arts instructor. Sensei of martial arts usually live and/or work at a dojo where they instruct their apprentices. A live-in apprentice is also called uchi-deshi.
• A Japanese (language) teacher.
• A suffix attached to the name of a teacher (principally in translations from Japanese)
• The official wand carried by a herald in ancient Greece and Rome, specifically the one carried in mythology by Hermes, the messenger of the gods, usually represented with two snakes twined around it.
• A symbol (☤) representing a staff with two snakes wrapped around it, used to indicate merchants and messengers. It is also sometimes incorrectly used as a symbol of medicine.
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