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noun
A structure resembling or acting like a pulley.
In the elbow joint, the articular surface of the lower extremity of the humerus, grasped by the trochlear notch of the ulna.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
A structure resembling or acting like a pulley.
A pulley-like cartilage through which the superior oblique muscle of the eyeball passes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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History
Borrowed from Latin trochlea (“case or sheaf containing one or more pulleys, block”).
Across languages
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