TROCHANTER

(Lat.), n. m. Trok(tro2eh2)-a2nt(a3nt)'u6r(ar). Gen., -er'os (-is). Gr.. rpoxavrrip (from Tpi\et.v, to run). Fr.. t. Ger., Rollhiigel. 1. Of Galen, the ball on which the hip bone turns in its socket. 2. One of two proce es upon the upper end of the shaft of the femur. 3. In arthropods, the segment of a leg that is second from the body. [L.] Great t. See T. major. L,e er t. See T. minor. Third t. See T. tertius.T. major. A thick proce at the upper end of the femur which projects upward externally to the union of the neck and shaft. [L.] T. minor. A conical tuberosity upon the inner and posterior surface of the upper end of the femur, at the junction of the shaft and neck. [L.] T. tertius. An anomalous proce upon the upper end of the planum popliteum of the femur. [L, 332.] TROCHANTER I AN, TROCHANTERIC, adj's. Trok-anter'i2-a2n, -er i2k. Fr.,trochanterien,trokanterien. Ger., trochanterisch. Pertaining to or resembling a trochanter. [s. 653]