trochlear
UK/ˈtɹɒk.li.ə/US/ˈtɹɑk.li.ɚ/
trochlear adjective: shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to, or connected with, a trochlea.
Adjective
trochlear (not comparable)
- Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to, or connected with, a trochlea.
- Of or pertaining to the trochlear nerve.
Noun
trochlear (plural trochlears)
- A trochlear muscle or nerve.
- The two trochlears decussate in the anterior medullary velum.1949, Herbert Eugene Walter, Leonard Perkins Sayles, Biology of the Vertebrates: A Comparative Study of Man and His Animal Allies, page 741
- At 90° of flexion, the patella enters the condylar fossa, where the contact areas are on both the lateral and medial trochlears of the femur.2014, Joanne K. Singleton, Robert V. DiGregorio, Carol Green-Hernandez, Primary Care, Second Edition: An Interprofessional Perspective, →ISBN, page 593
Forms of trochlear
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | trochleary |
| Noun | |
| plural | trochlears |
Origin of trochlear
From trochlea + -ar.
Words formed from trochlear
Phrases with trochlear
Words that rhyme with trochlear
- cochlear
- endocochlear
- epitrochlear
- extracochlear
- hypocochlear
- infratrochlear
- intertrochlear
- intracochlear
- intratrochlear
- paratrochlear
- postcochlear
- sacculocochlear
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Questions about trochlear
- What does trochlear mean?
- Trochlear means shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to, or connected with, a trochlea.
- What part of speech is trochlear?
- Trochlear can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce trochlear?
- Trochlear is pronounced /ˈtɹɒk.li.ə/ (UK).
Words near trochlear in the dictionary
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