neurula

a. [ Gr. ney^ron nerve. ] (Anat. & Zool.) relating to the nerves or nervous system; taining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the neural, or cerebro-spinal, axis; -- opposed to hemal. As applied to vertebrates, neural is the same as dorsal; as applied to invertebrates it is usually the same as ventral. Cf. Hemal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neural arch (Anat.), the cartilaginous or bony arch on the dorsal side of the centrum of the vertebra in a segment of the spinal skeleton, usually inclosing a segment of the spinal cord. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from Gr. ney^ron nerve + &unr_; pain. See nerve. ] (Med.) A disease, the chief symptom of which is a very acute pain, exacerbating or intermitting, which follows the course of a nervous branch, extends to its ramifications, and seems therefore to be seated in the nerve. It seems to be independent of any structural lesion. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to, or having the character of, neuralgia; as, a neuralgic headache. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from Gr. ney^ron nerve + &unr_; pain. See nerve. ] (Med.) A disease, the chief symptom of which is a very acute pain, exacerbating or intermitting, which follows the course of a nervous branch, extends to its ramifications, and seems therefore to be seated in the nerve. It seems to be independent of any structural lesion. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to, or having the character of, neuralgia; as, a neuralgic headache. [ 1913 Webster ]