Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun trochlear
1 sense of trochlear
Sense 1
trochlear, trochlear nerve, trochlearis, fourth cranial nerve -- (either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes)
=> cranial nerve -- (any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem)