neurulationn.
/ˌnjʊərəˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌn(j)ʊrəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ Embryology.
The processes involved in the formation of a neurula; spec. the formation of the neural tube.
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fetalization1819
segmentation1851
maceration1873
neurulation1878
blastulation1889
concrescence1890
cell lineage1892
myelination1892
spiral cleavage1892
medullation1893
myelinization1900
myelogenesis1901
induction1928
myelinogenesis1931
horizon1942
1878 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 18 271 The cleavage and neurulation (Rauber) in Euaxes and Tubifex are closely similar to the same in Clepsine.
1888 Amer. Naturalist 22 470 The neurulation is normal.
1938 H. Spemann Embryonic Devel.& Induction viii. 189 The presumptive medullary cells of the isolated ectoderm of the exogastrula would be..unable to carry out the formative movements of neurulation.
1973 Nature 2 Mar. 56/2 Gastrulation and neurulation movements are unaffected by mitomycin C.
2000 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 4447/1 The collar portion of the cord develops by a chordate-like neurulation process in some species: that is, by inrolling of a sheet of ectoderm cells.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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