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Trochlear

trochlear

(Science: anatomy) 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.

Origin: L. Trochlea block or pulley.


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