n, pl  -lia   1  :  the part of the embryonic ectoderm that gives rise to the nervous system  2  :  the modified epithelium of an organ of special sense .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  neu·ro·ep·i·the·li·o·ma 
 
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