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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Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Moving beyond conventional graphics chips for crunching big AI tasks, the Dell Pro Max Plus features discrete, enterprise-grade AI inference hardware based on a new neural coprocessor from Qualcomm.
—Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 19 May 2025
Today's news appears to build on that successful trial: Apple now officially recognizes neural interfaces as a native input category for its personal devices, alongside touch, voice, and typing.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 14 May 2025
Those kinds of changes stem from alterations in brain structure or its neural circuitry — and understanding them requires studying brain tissue that’s available only after death, said Amaral, who’s the scientific director of a brain banking collaborative called Autism BrainNet.
—Lauran Neergaard, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
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“Neural.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neural. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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neural
adjective
neu·ral
ˈn(y)u̇r-əl 
: of, relating to, or affecting a nerve or the nervous system
Medical Definition
neural
adjective
neu·ral
ˈn(y)u̇r-əl
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 compare hemal sense 2
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