Thesaurus: neural

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1. a. 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.
2. adj. of or relating to the nervous system
3. adj. of or relating to neurons
4. 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. 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.
5. relating to the nerves or nervous system; taining to, situatedin the region of, or on the side with, the neural, or cerebro-spinal,axis; -- opposed to hemal. As applied to vertebrates, neural is thesame as dorsal; as applied to invertebrates it is usually the same asventral. Cf. Hemal. Neural arch (Anat.), the cartilaginous or bonyarch on the dorsal side of the centrum of the vertebra in a segmentof the spinal skeleton, usually inclosing a segment of the spinalcord.
6. j:100 a. of or relating to neurons