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Definition of: trochlear
(trok′lē·ər) adjective
1. Anat. Of, pertaining to, or situated near a trochlea.
2. Of the nature of a pulley.
3. Short, cylindrical, compressed, and contracted in the middle of its circumference like a pulley block. [<NL trochlearis <L trochlea TROCHLEA]
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