What is the meaning of Trochanter?

  • (n.) The third joint of the leg of an insect or the second when the trochantine is united with the coxa.
  • (n.) One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small trochanter.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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