Anatomy. Designating the trochlear (fourth cranial) nerve, and the superior oblique muscle of the eye which it supplies. Now rare.

Anatomy. Designating the trochlear nerve. Cf. pathetic, adj. 5. Obsolete. rare.

Of roads, rivers, etc.: Lying in an irregularly bending line, winding, meandering; also figurative. Also transferred (Physiology) as the…

A name for the fifth pair of cranial nerves, from their dividing into three branches: also called trifacial, adj. Also absol. as n.

A name for the fifth pair of cranial nerves (also called trigeminal, adj.), which divide into three branches supplying the face and some adjacent…

Of or relating to movement of the eye; (Anatomy) designating or relating to the third cranial nerve, which supplies most of the muscles of the eye.

Of, pertaining to, or affecting this.

= oculomotor, adj.

= oculomotor, adj.

Of or relating to movement (rotation) of the eyes; = oculomotor, adj. Also in extended use.

of or relating to the senses of equilibrium and hearing; spec. designating the eighth cranial nerve, which innervates the cochlea and vestibule of…