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trochanter

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Noun

HYPHEN

tro=chan=ter

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun trochanter has 1 sense

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

is a part of femoris, femur, thighbone

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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]

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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