trochanter

(tro-kan’ter) [L.; Gr. τροχαντήρ runner]. Either of the two proce es below the neck of the femur. The greater ¢. is located at the outer side; the le er ¢., at the inner. third t., t. ter’- tius, the gluteal ridge of the femur when it is unusually prominent. 1033 TROP A COCAIN