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Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In anatomy, an articular facet on the ilium against which the trochanter major of the femur abuts, and with which it forms a joint, as in birds. See cut under sacrarium.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Anat.) An articular surface on the ilium of birds against which the great trochanter of the femur plays.

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  • noun anatomy An articular surface on the ilium of birds against which the great trochanter of the femur plays.

Etymologies

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anti- +‎ trochanter

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