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trocar | trocha | trochaic | trochaical | trochal | trochanter | trochanteric | trochantine | trochar | troche | trochee

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trochanter

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Noun

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tro=chan=ter

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun trochanter has 1 sense

trochanter(n = noun.body) Array - one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached; Array

is a part of femoris, femur, thighbone

CIDE DICTIONARY

trochanter, n. [NL., fr. Gr. .].

One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small trochanter. [1913 Webster]
The third joint of the leg of an insect, or the second when the trochantine is united with the coxa. [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

trochanter, n.
1 Anat. any of several bony protuberances by which muscles are attached to the upper part of the thigh-bone.
2 Zool. the second segment of the leg in insects.

Etymology

F f. Gk trokhanter f. trekho run

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