Meanings
adjectiveneural (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyOf, or relating to the nerves, neurons or the nervous system.
neural interface
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Near-synonyms: neuronal, nervous
neural connections
- not comparablecomputingModelled on the arrangement of neurons in the brain.
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adjectiveof or relating to the nervous system
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Origin
- Ancient Greekνεῦρον“a sinew, nerve”
- Englishneural
From Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “a sinew, nerve”) + -al.
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Bulgarian нервен, на нервите
- нервен (nerven)of or relating to the nerves
- на нервите (na nervite)of or relating to the nerves
- невронен (nevronen)modelled on the arrangement of neurons
Catalan neural, neural
- neuralof or relating to the nerves
- neuralmodelled on the arrangement of neurons
Dutch neuraal
- neuraalof or relating to the nerves
Finnish hermostollinen, neuraalinen
- hermostollinenof or relating to the nerves
- neuraalinenof or relating to the nerves
- neuro-of or relating to the nerves
- neuraalinenmodelled on the arrangement of neurons
- neuro-modelled on the arrangement of neurons
French neural
- neuralof or relating to the nerves
German neural
- neuralof or relating to the nerves
Hindi तंत्रिकीय, तंत्रिकीय
- तंत्रिकीय (tantrikīya)of or relating to the nerves
- तंत्रिकीय (tantrikīya)modelled on the arrangement of neurons
Indonesian neural, neural
- neuralof or relating to the nerves
- neuralmodelled on the arrangement of neurons
Irish néarógach
- néarógachof or relating to the nerves
Italian neurale
- neuraleof or relating to the nerves
Norwegian Bokmål nevral
- nevralof or relating to the nerves
Portuguese neural
- neuralof or relating to the nerves
Spanish neural
- neuralof or relating to the nerves
Swedish nerv-, neural
- nerv-of or relating to the nerves
- neuralof or relating to the nerves
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with neural
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Cite this entry
APA
neural. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neural
MLA
“neural.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neural. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neural,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neural.
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