reticular formation is a noun meaning "a complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem; monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone". It carries one recorded sense.
a complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem; monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for reticular formation come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.