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neurenteric

neurenteric adjective: of or relating to the neuron and the enteron (the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract).

Adjective

neurenteric (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the neuron and the enteron (the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract)
    • In many vertebrates, the neurenteric canal connects the medullary tube and the primitive intestine.

Origin of neurenteric

From neuro- + enteric.

Words formed from neurenteric

Phrases with neurenteric

Questions about neurenteric

What does neurenteric mean?
Neurenteric means of or relating to the neuron and the enteron (the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract).
What part of speech is neurenteric?
Neurenteric is an adjective.

Words near neurenteric in the dictionary

  1. neurectomy
  2. neuregulin
  3. neuregulins
  4. neurensin
  5. neurensins
  6. neurenteric
  7. neurenteric canal
  8. neurenteric canals
  9. neurepithelium
  10. neurexin
  11. neurexins

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