Trochanter Definition

trō-kăntər
noun
Any of the jutting processes (in humans, two) at the upper end of the femur of many vertebrates.
Webster's New World
The second segment from the base of an insect leg.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Trochanter

Noun

Singular:
trochanter
Plural:
trochanters

Origin of Trochanter

  • New Latin from Greek trokhantēr ball of the hip joint from trekhein to run

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek τροχαντήρ (trokhantēr)

    From Wiktionary

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