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neural

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Adjective

HYPHEN

neu=ral

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective neural has 2 senses

neural(a = adj.pert) nervous - of or relating to the nervous system; "nervous disease"; "neural disorder"
neural(a = adj.pert) neuronal, neuronic - of or relating to neurons; "neural network"

Derived form noun neuron₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

neural, a. [Gr. ney^ron nerve.].

relating to the nerves or nervous system; taining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the neural, or cerebro-spinal, axis; -- opposed to hemal. As applied to vertebrates, neural is the same as dorsal; as applied to invertebrates it is usually the same as ventral. Cf. Hemal. [1913 Webster]

Neural arch (Anat.), the cartilaginous or bony arch on the dorsal side of the centrum of the vertebra in a segment of the spinal skeleton, usually inclosing a segment of the spinal cord.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

neural, adj. of or relating to a nerve or the central nervous system.

Derivative

neurally adv.

Etymology

Gk neuron nerve

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