"proneural" meaning in English

See proneural in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From pro- + neural. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|pro-|neural|text=+|tree=1}} From pro- + neural. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} proneural (not comparable)
  1. (biology) Involved in neurogenesis Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-proneural-en-adj-C0xtXpbI Categories (other): Biology, English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pro-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 74 26 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pro-: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 83 17 Topics: biology, natural-sciences

Noun

Forms: proneurals [plural]
Etymology: From pro- + neural. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|pro-|neural|text=+|tree=1}} From pro- + neural. Head templates: {{en-noun}} proneural (plural proneurals)
  1. (biochemistry) Such a gene or protein
    Sense id: en-proneural-en-noun-GSTnkCWC Categories (other): Biochemistry Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

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