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Trochlea
Webster's Dictionary
(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.