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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to a trochanter, in any sense; trochanterian or trochantinian: as, a trochanteric tuberosity.

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

  • adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to one or both of the trochanters.

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  • adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to the trochanter of the femur

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