neural
[noo r-uh l, nyoo r-]
- of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
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Origin of neural
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Contemporary Examples
The researchers first isolated a set of cells known as neural stem cells (NSCs) from the brains of rats.
Fish Oil, Turmeric, and Ginseng, Oh My! Are ‘Brain Foods’ B.S.?Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD
October 10, 2014
As he put it: “Any neural nets we can simulate now are incredibly small compared to any kind of animal brain you can imagine.”
Maybe someday we'll have a financial system like some sort of neural network, that can make geography not matter.
Millions of tweets, texts, emails, and phone calls have one thing in common: they are neural signals in the global brain.
Deepak Chopra: The Mideast Protests, Social Networks & the Global BrainDeepak Chopra
September 22, 2012
Movshon is a respected scientist and the director of the Center for Neural Science at NYU.
Historical Examples
"Speeds up the neural flow," explained the little man proudly.
Teething RingJames Causey
This is a characteristic of psychological and neural causation.
The Analysis of MindBertrand Russell
The base of the neural arch is also concave in this vertebra.
The Beaked Whales of the Family ZiphidaeFrederick True
The last ten vertebræ are without processes or neural arches.
The Beaked Whales of the Family ZiphidaeFrederick True
Neural arch and spine only slightly higher than length of centrum.
The Beaked Whales of the Family ZiphidaeFrederick True
neural
- of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system
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Word Origin and History for neural
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neural
(nur′əl)- Of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- Of, relating to, or located on the same side of the body as the spinal cord; dorsal.
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neural
[nur′əl]
- Relating to the nerves or nervous system.
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