trochanter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

In vertebrates with legs, the end of the femur near the hip joint, not including the head or neck.
In some arthropods, the second segment of the leg, between the coxa and the femur.

/trə(ʊ)ˈkæn.tə(r)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Scelultrix-trochanter.wav

trochanter trochanters

From French trochanter, from Ancient Greek τροχαντήρ (trokhantḗr).

trochantinal trochantine

antitrochanter greater trochanter lesser trochanter trochanteral trochanteric

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