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trochlear |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trochlear \Troch"le*ar\, n. [L. trochlea block or pulley.] (Anat.) Shaped like or resembling, a pulley; pertaining to or connected with a trochlea; as a trochlear articular surface; the trochlear muscle of the eye. {Trochlear nerve}. See {Pathetic nerve}, under {Pathetic}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: trochlear n : either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes [syn: {trochlear nerve}, {trochlearis}, {fourth cranial nerve}]
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