Hypertext Webster Gateway: "trochlear"
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) 1.7 (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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