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(1):

(n.) A pulley.

(2):

(n.) A pulley, or a structure resembling a pulley; as, the trochlea, or pulleylike end, of the humerus, which articulates with the ulna; or the trochlea, or fibrous ring, in the upper part of the orbit, through which the superior oblique, or trochlear, muscle of the eye passes.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Trochlea'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/trochlea.html. 1828.
 
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