trochlear

Questions about trochlear

What is another word for trochlear?

It depends which trochlear you mean. In the sense “either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes”, the synonyms are trochlear nerve, trochlearis, fourth cranial nerve. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of trochlear?

WordNet records no antonym for trochlear. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for trochlear come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of trochlear

• Full entry for trochlearAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for trochlearWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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