trochlearis

Questions about trochlearis

What does trochlearis mean?

trochlearis means "either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes".

How many syllables are in trochlearis?

trochlearis has 4 syllables and divides as troch-le-a-ris under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for trochlearis?

Close synonyms include trochlear, trochlear nerve, fourth cranial nerve. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is trochlearis a common word?

trochlearis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.