trochlear

English

Alternative forms

• trochleary

Etymology

From trochlea +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɒk.li.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɑk.li.ɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɒkliə(ɹ)

Adjective

trochlear (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to, or connected with, a trochlea.
2. (neuroanatomy) Of or pertaining to the trochlear nerve.

Derived terms

• epitrochlear
• infratrochlear
• intertrochlear
• intratrochlear
• paratrochlear
• supratrochlear
• trochlear nerve
• trochlear notch
• ulnotrochlear

 

Translations

shaped like, or resembling, a pulley; related to, or connected with, a trochlea

Chinese: Mandarin: 滑車的／滑车的 (zh) (huáchē de) Irish: ulógach Italian: trocleare (it) Spanish: troclear

Noun

trochlear (plural trochlears)

1. (anatomy, neuroanatomy) A trochlear muscle or nerve.
   • 1949, Herbert Eugene Walter, Leonard Perkins Sayles, Biology of the Vertebrates: A Comparative Study of Man and His Animal Allies‎, page 741:

     The two trochlears decussate in the anterior medullary velum.

   • 2014, Joanne K. Singleton, Robert V. DiGregorio, Carol Green-Hernandez, Primary Care, Second Edition: An Interprofessional Perspective‎, →ISBN, page 593:

     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.

   • 2017, W. Norman Scott, Insall & Scott Surgery of the Knee‎, 6th edition, →ISBN, page 917:

     Using three-dimensional printing, they replaced the native trochlear in four cadaveric knees with dysplastic trochlears and then subjected them to squat simulation, open chain extension, and a patella stability test.

References

• “trochlear”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “trochlear”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Further reading

• “trochlear”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “trochlear”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “trochlear”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.