neural plate n a thickened plate of ectoderm along the dorsal midline of the early vertebrate embryo that gives rise to the neural tube and crests
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the strip of ectoderm lying along the central axis of the early embryo that forms the neural tube and subsequently the central nervous system.
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the thickened plate of ectoderm in the embryo from which the neural tube develops.Medical dictionary. 2011.