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trochanter


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trochanter  \Tro*chan"ter\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?.] 
  1.  (Anat.)  One  of  two  processes  near  the  head  of  the  femur, 
  the  outer  being  called  the  {great  trochanter},  and  the 
  inner  the  {small  trochanter}. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  The  third  joint  of  the  leg  of  an  insect,  or  the 
  second  when  the  trochantine  is  united  with  the  coxa. 




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