Crossword clues for trochanter
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trochanter \Tro*chan"ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.]
(Anat.) One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small trochanter.
(Zo["o]l.) The third joint of the leg of an insect, or the second when the trochantine is united with the coxa.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s as a part of the thigh-bone, from French trochanter (16c.), from Greek trokhanter (Galen), from trekhein "to run" (see truckle (n.)). From 1816 as the second joint of an insect leg.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context anatomy English) In vertebrates with legs, the end of the femur near the hip joint, not including the head or neck. 2 In some arthropods, the second segment of the leg, between the coxa and the femur.
WordNet
n. one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached
Wikipedia
The trochanter is an anatomical part of the femur connecting to the hip bone. It may refer to:
- Human trochanter
- Greater trochanter
- Lesser trochanter
- Third trochanter
Usage examples of "trochanter".
A boy, suffering from abscess under the trochanter, was operated on for its relief.
The gluteal muscles were lacerated and torn, the tendons about the trochanter divided, laying the bone bare, and the vastus externus and part of the rectus of the thigh were cut across.