Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Trochlear

Troch′le-ar

,
Noun.
[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
.

Definition 2024


trochlear

trochlear

English

Adjective

trochlear (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to, or connected with, a trochlea.

Derived terms