Usually means: Brain area detecting blood toxins.
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noun:  (physiology, neuroscience) An area of the medulla oblongata, located in the area postrema, that receives inputs from blood-borne drugs or hormones, and communicates with other structures in the vomiting center to initiate vomiting.

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