trochlea

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin trochlea (“case or sheaf containing one or more pulleys, block”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɒk.li.ə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɑk.li.ə/ === Noun === trochlea (plural trochleae or trochleas) (anatomy) A structure resembling or acting like a pulley. In the elbow joint, the articular surface of the lower extremity of the humerus, grasped by the trochlear notch of the ulna. A pulley-like cartilage through which the superior oblique muscle of the eyeball passes. ==== Derived terms ==== trochlear trochleary trochleo- ==== Translations ==== === References === “trochlea”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “trochlea”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Further reading === “trochlea”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “trochlea”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “trochlea”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === chelator, chlorate, trachelo- == Latin == === Alternative forms === troclea === Etymology === Contracted from Ancient Greek τροχῐλείᾱ (trokhĭleíā, “pulley, block-and-tackle equipment”), from τροχῐ́λος (trokhĭ́los, “sheave in block-and-tackle equipment”) +‎ -είᾱ (-eíā, nominal suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtrɔ.kʰɫe.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtrɔː.kle.a] === Noun === trochlea f (genitive trochleae); first declension mechanical contrivance for raising weights; case or sheaf containing one or more pulleys; pulley block ==== Inflection ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Alemannic German: Trüegle → English: trochlea === References === “trochlea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press