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postneurulation

postneurulation adjective: following neurulation.

Adjective

postneurulation (not comparable)

  1. Following neurulation
    • Some authors consider that NTD as encephaloceles, meningoceles and iniencephaly most likely not arise directly from a failure in neural tube formation, but more probably from a postneurulation disorder; which is a consistent fact with findings from other causes, for example, encephalocele when...2015, Hernando R. Alvis-Miranda et al., “Iniencephaly: Case Report”, in Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences, volume 10, →DOI

Origin of postneurulation

From post- + neurulation.

Questions about postneurulation

What does postneurulation mean?
Postneurulation means following neurulation.
What part of speech is postneurulation?
Postneurulation is an adjective.

Words near postneurulation in the dictionary

  1. postneural
  2. postneuralgic
  3. postneuritic
  4. postneurosurgical
  5. postneurotic
  6. postneurulation
  7. postnews
  8. postnodal
  9. postnomial
  10. postnominal
  11. postnominally

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