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trochlear nerve

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables
trochlear n-erve
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Each of the fourth pair of cranial nerves that innervate the superior oblique muscle of the eye with motor fibers.

Inflected Forms

trochlear nerves (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

olfactory nerve optic nerve oculomotor nerve trigeminal nerve abducens nerve facial nerve vestibulocochlear nerve glossopharyngeal nerve

Synonyms

trochlear trochlearis fourth cranial nerve

Questions

What does trochlear nerve mean?
Each of the fourth pair of cranial nerves that innervate the superior oblique muscle of the eye with motor fibers.

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