Definition of neural
1 : of, relating to, or affecting a nerve or the nervous system
2 : situated in the region of or on the same side of the body as the brain and spinal cord : dorsal
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She suffers from a neural disorder.
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And then there are animals that appear to offload part of their mental apparatus to structures outside of the neural system entirely.
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In this mode, the neural network is given no information about its goal but is left to explore a data set on its own, grouping the data into categories and identifying links between them.
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This scan was designed to reveal neural activity and how hard different parts of the brain were working during the task.
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A protein associated with AIDS prevents neural progenitors (stem cells) from replicating, according to a priority publication in Cancer Stem Cells.
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Circa 1847
First Known Use of neural
circa 1847
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medical : of, relating to, or involving a nerve or the nervous system
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