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noun
A hollow longitudinal dorsal tube formed in the folding and subsequent fusion of the opposite ectodermal folds in the embryo that gives rise to the brain and spinal cord.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
a tube of ectodermal tissue in the embryo from which the brain and spinal cord develop
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: ectoderm, exoderm, ectoblast
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