trochlear

POS

Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

troch=le=ar

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun trochlear has 1 sense

trochlear(n = noun.body) fourth cranial nerve, trochlear nerve, trochlearis - either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes;

is a kind of cranial nerve

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CIDE DICTIONARY

trochlear, n. [L. trochlea block or pulley.].

Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; pertaining to, or connected with, a trochlea; as, a trochlear articular surface; the trochlear muscle of the eye. [1913 Webster]

Trochlear nerve. See Pathetic nerve, under Pathetic.