English Explanatory Dictionary

neural

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, or relating to the nerves, neurons or the nervous system.
  2. Modelled on the arrangement of neurons in the brain.

Pronunciation

/ˈnʊɹəl/ /ˈnɝəl/ /ˈnjʊəɹəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-neural.wav /ˈnjəɹəl/ /ˈnjʉːɹəl/

Word forms

neural

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “a sinew, nerve”) + -al.

Synonyms

neuronal

Derived words

abneural adneural aneural antineural bapineuzumab bioneural chordoneural costoneural dermoneural diploneural ectoneural electroneural endoneural epineural extraneural glioneural hyponeural interneural intraneural microneural multineural myoneural neural arch neural axis neural canal neural crest neural crest syndrome neuralization neuralize neurally neuralness neural net neural network neural plate neural processing unit neural spine neural tube nonneural oligoneural onconeural panneural paraneural perineural postneural preneural proneural sensorineural spiking neural network subneural supraneural transneural vasoneural
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