Meaning Of The Word Trochanter
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Trochanter Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Trochanter?
trochanter in American English
any of the jutting processes (in humans, two) at the upper end of the femur of many vertebrates noun: either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis trochanter in British English noun: any of several processes on the upper part of the vertebrate femur, to which muscles are attached |
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