NEURAL TUBE
Dictionary entry overview: What does neural tube mean? • NEURAL TUBE (noun)
The noun NEURAL TUBE has 1 sense:
1. a tube of ectodermal tissue in the embryo from which the brain and spinal cord develop
Familiarity information: NEURAL TUBE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NEURAL TUBE (noun)
Meaning:
A tube of ectodermal tissue in the embryo from which the brain and spinal cord develop
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("neural tube" is a kind of...):
ectoblast; ectoderm; exoderm (the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue)
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