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reticular formation

reticular formation noun: part of the brain that is involved in actions such as awaking/sleeping cycle, and filtering incoming stimuli to discriminate irrelevant background stimuli.

Noun

reticular formation (plural reticular formations)

  1. Part of the brain that is involved in actions such as awaking/sleeping cycle, and filtering incoming stimuli to discriminate irrelevant background stimuli.

reticular formation meaning in Tamil and Arabic

reticular formation in Tamil

நுண்வலைப்படிவம்

reticular formation in Arabic

part of brain
التَكْوِين الشَبَكِيّ at-takwīn aš-šabakiyy

Forms of reticular formation

pluralreticular formations

Questions about reticular formation

What does reticular formation mean?
Reticular formation means part of the brain that is involved in actions such as awaking/sleeping cycle, and filtering incoming stimuli to discriminate irrelevant background stimuli.
What is reticular formation in Tamil?
Reticular formation in Tamil is நுண்வலைப்படிவம். See Reticular formation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is reticular formation?
Reticular formation is a noun.
What is the plural of reticular formation?
The plural of reticular formation is reticular formations.

Words near reticular formation in the dictionary

  1. reticospinal
  2. retics
  3. reticula
  4. reticulae
  5. reticular
  6. reticular formation
  7. reticular formations
  8. reticularian
  9. reticularians
  10. reticularity
  11. reticularization

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