neural tube
neural tube
nounDefinition of NEURAL TUBE
: the hollow longitudinal dorsal tube formed by infolding and subsequent fusion of the opposite ectodermal folds in the vertebrate embryo that gives rise to the brain and spinal cord
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1888
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