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[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
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]