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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes;
[syn: trochlear, trochlear nerve, trochlearis, fourth cranial nerve]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] Trochlear nerve. See Pathetic nerve, under Pathetic. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

trochlear nerve n 1: either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes [syn: trochlear, trochlear nerve, trochlearis, fourth cranial nerve]