trochlear

[ trok-lee-er ]

adjective

Anatomy. of, relating to, or connected with a trochlea.
Physiology, Anatomy. functioning like a pulley; pulleylike.

Botany. circular and contracted in the middle so as to resemble a pulley.

noun

trochlear nerve.

Origin of trochlear

¹

First recorded in 1675–85; trochle(a) + -ar¹

Other words from trochlear

sub·troch·le·ar, adjective

Words Nearby trochlear

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How to use trochlear in a sentence

The outer trochlear rim being the smaller of the two, inward luxation does not occur in the horse.
Lameness of the Horse | John Victor Lacroix
There is generally a large supra-trochlear fossa, but no ent-epicondylar foramen.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
Is there anatomical evidence that the ganglia of origin of the oculomotor and trochlear nerves represent many ganglia?
The Origin of Vertebrates | Walter Holbrook Gaskell
It is often found between the patella and the trochlear surface of the femur in tuberculous disease of the knee.
Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
It is sometimes associated with fracture of the edge of the trochlear surface, which renders retention in position difficult.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. | Alexander Miles

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