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Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; pertaining to, or connected with, a trochlea; as, a trochlear articular surface; the trochlear muscle of the eye.

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  1. n. Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; pertaining to, or connected with, a trochlea; as, a trochlear articular surface; the trochlear muscle of the eye.
  2. n. either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes
  3. 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.
  4. Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; pertaining to, orconnected with, a trochlea; as, a trochlear articular surface; thetrochlear muscle of the eye. Trochlear nerve. See Pathetic nerve,under Pathetic.
  5. n. either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes