English Explanatory Dictionary

trochin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The lesser tuberosity of the head of the humerus.

Word forms

trochin trochins

Etymology

Borrowed from French trochin, from troch(anter) + -in, from Ancient Greek τροχαντήρ (trokhantḗr), from τροχάνη (trokhánē, “wheel, axle, gear”) + -τήρ (-tḗr), from τροχάζω (trokházō, “to run quickly”).

Synonyms

tuberculum minus
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