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 theilium ofbirds against which the greattrochanter of thefemur plays.
Etymologies
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anti- + trochanter
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