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Definition of Reticular
1. Adjective. Resembling or forming a network. "A reticulated highway system"
Similar to: Cancellate, Cancellated, Clathrate, Crisscross, Crisscrossed, Fretted, Interlaced, Latticed, Latticelike, Interconnected, Interrelated, Lacy, Netlike, Netted, Webbed, Webby, Weblike, Meshed, Networklike
Derivative terms: Reticulum
Antonyms: Nonreticulate
Definition of Reticular
1. a. Having the form of a net, or of network; formed with interstices; retiform; as, reticular cartilage; a reticular leaf.
Definition of Reticular
1. Adjective. having the structure of a net or a network; netlike ¹
2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a reticulum. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reticular
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Reticular
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Reticular
Literary usage of Reticular
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"This reticular appearance is caused by the ii tion of bundles of fibres belonging
to two ... The longitudinal fibres of the reticular formation are cut tbe ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The connective tissue is arranged in two layers: a deeper or reticular, ...
The reticular layer (stratum reticulare; deep layer) consists of strong ..."
3. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"Yellow, or reticular, elastic cartilage is found in the human body in the auricle
of the external ear, the Eustachian tubes, ..."
4. A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body: Including an by Arthur Gamgee (1893)
"THE RETIFORM OR Reticular (ADENOID) CONNECTIVE TISSUE OF THE INTESTINAL Mucous
... It was, until lately, believed that the network of fibres of reticular ..."
5. A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body: Including an by Arthur Gamgee (1893)
"THE RETIFORM OR Reticular (ADENOID) CONNECTIVE TISSUE OF THE INTESTINAL Mucous
... It was, until lately, believed that the network of fibres of reticular ..."
6. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1914)
"Reticular HEREDITY Heredity in a Network of Descent—A Conception Based on the
Normal Evolutionary Condition of Species—Characters Represent Lines of Descent ..."
7. A Text-book of Histology: Including Microscopic Technic by Alexander A. Böhm, M. von Davidoff (1904)
"The reticulum supports branched connective-tissue cells, with relatively large
nuclei. In the meshes of the reticular tissue are cellular elements, ..."
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