/njᵿrˌɛktə(ʊ)ˈdəːml/, /njʊərˌɛktə(ʊ)ˈdəːml/, U.S. /n(j)uˈrɛktəˌdərməl/, /n(j)əˈrɛktəˌdərməl/, 1900s– neuroectodermal. neuroectodermaladj.
/ˌnjʊərəʊˌɛktə(ʊ)ˈdəːml/, U.S. /ˈˌn(j)ʊroʊˌɛktəˈdərm(ə)l//njᵿrˌɛktə(ʊ)ˈdəːml/, /njʊərˌɛktə(ʊ)ˈdəːml/, U.S. /n(j)uˈrɛktəˌdərməl/, /n(j)əˈrɛktəˌdərməl/, 1900s– neuroectodermal. Embryology.
Of, relating to, or derived from neuroectoderm. Also: designating the demarcation between the ectoderm and neural plate or tube in the early embryo.
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parablastic1883
trophospongian1889
neuroectodermic1908
neuroectodermal1946
trophectodermal1946
syncytiotrophoblastic1961
1946 Q. Rev. Biol. 21 344/2 Neuro-ectodermal organs: The paraganglia, including the medullary zone of the adrenals.
1946 W. J. Hamilton et al. Human Embryol. xii. 226 The margin of the [neural] plate has become defined from the adjacent ectoderm at the so-called neuro-ectodermal or neuro-somatic junction.
1968 Brain 91 733 Certainly phagocytosis in the brain is not exclusively confined to microglia and may be shown by neuroectodermal cells, for astrocytes may ingest protein condensates..and both astrocytes and oligodendroglia appear to engulf myelin debris.
1978 Child's Brain 4 347 In these embryos, the neuroectodermal junction is smooth and there is no microscopic evidence that the neural tube is forced open after its proper closure.
1994 D. Tulchinsky & A. B. Little Maternal–Fetal Endocrinol. (ed. 2) xii. 198/2 It remains possible that both the hypothalamus and the adenohypophysis are embryologic derivatives of a common neuroectodermal anlage.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1946