reticular
Americanadjective
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having the form of a net; netlike.
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intricate or entangled.
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Anatomy. of or relating to a reticulum.
Other Word Forms
- interreticular adjective
- reticularly adverb
Etymology
Origin of reticular
1590–1600; < New Latin rēticulāris, equivalent to Latin rēticul ( um ) reticle + -āris -ar 1
Example Sentences
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“It performs beautifully,” said Omar Yaghi, a reticular chemist at UC Berkeley and the study’s senior author.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2024
Activity of the cannabinoid receptor 1, which is involved in controlling pain perception, also decreased in the thalamic reticular nucleus after CSD.
From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2023
As adenosine accumulates throughout the day, it slows down excitatory networks such as the arousal-causing reticular activating system.
From Scientific American • Oct. 25, 2023
The reticulospinal tract connects the reticular system, a diffuse region of gray matter in the brain stem, with the spinal cord.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The stem is very long, equal or tapering upward, roughened by the lacerated margins of the reticular depressions, red or brownish red.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha
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