reticular

adjective

re·​tic·​u·​lar ri-ˈti-kyə-lər 

1

: reticulate sense 1

reticular connective tissue containing collagen fibers

2

: intricate

Examples of reticular in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Both iHealthScreen and the NIH system are trained to look for reticular pseudodrusen, a type of lesion that causes a spotted pattern in the macula and is associated with a higher risk for progression to late disease. —William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 17 July 2023

Your mindset stems from a collection of neurons at the top of your brain stem called the reticular activating system (RAS) that acts as the search engine of your brain. —Gregg Brown, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2021

These peels can penetrate into the reticular dermis (the lower level of the dermis, which sits below the papillary dermis). —Farwa Shah, SELF, 3 Dec. 2019

He was drawn to a thin layer of inhibitory neurons called the thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN), which wraps around the rest of the thalamus like a shell. —Quanta Magazine, 24 Sep. 2019

An irony of the joint prize (for revealing the structure of the nervous system) is that Golgi remained unconvinced by the Neuron Doctrine and true to reticular theory, which saw neurons as physically connected. —Roberta Smith, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing reticular

• reticular formation

Kids Definition

reticular

adjective

re·​tic·​u·​lar ri-ˈtik-yə-lər 

: reticulate

Medical Definition

reticular

adjective

re·​tic·​u·​lar ri-ˈtik-yə-lər 

: of, relating to, or forming a network

reticular layers in the adrenal cortex