neurale

neural

adjective neh-oo-RAH-leh Rare

Origin: From French neural, from Greek neuron (nerve).

Usage Note

Neurale is an adjective meaning 'relating to nerves or the nervous system.' It is used in fixed medical phrases such as tubo neurale (neural tube) and rete neurale (neural network). It does not change for gender — the same form serves both masculine (il tubo neurale) and feminine (la rete neurale) nouns; the plural is neurali.

Examples

"Il tubo neurale si forma nelle prime settimane."

Natural Translation

The neural tube forms in the first weeks.

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