NEURAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neural mean? 

• NEURAL (adjective)
  The adjective NEURAL has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to the nervous system

2. of or relating to neurons

  Familiarity information: NEURAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEURAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the nervous system

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

nervous; neural

Context example:

neural disorder

Pertainym:

nervous system (the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to neurons

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

neural; neuronal; neuronic

Context example:

neural network

Pertainym:

neuron (a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses)

Derivation:

neuron (a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses)

 Context examples 

A small round cell tumor of the bone with neural differentiation which has spread from its original site of growth to another anatomic site.

(Metastatic Peripheral Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor of Bone, NCI Thesaurus)

A small round cell tumor with or without neural differentiation which has spread from its original site of growth to another anatomic site.

(Metastatic Ewing Sarcoma/Peripheral Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder of the central nervous system characterized by gradual and progressive loss of neural tissue and neurologic function.

(Central Nervous System Degenerative Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in signal transduction that mediates protease gene expression, implantation, sperm formation and neural development.

(Basigin, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes metallothionein-3 protein, is involved in neural survival inhibition and in the neurite formation of cortical neurons.

(MT3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with susceptibility to folate-sensitive neural tube defects.

(MTHFD1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with both folate-sensitive neural tube defects and methylcobalamin deficiency type E.

(MTRR wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with both methylcobalamin deficiency type G and susceptibility to folate-sensitive neural tube defects.

(MTR wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

BTG2 is found to be one of the immediate early genes up-regulated by neural growth factor (NGF) and epidermal growth factor (EGF).

(BTG Cell Cycle Regulation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This allele, which encodes collagen alpha-1 (XVIII) chain protein, plays a role in the development of both the neural tube and the retina.

(COL18A1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)