TROCHANTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trochanter mean? 

• TROCHANTER (noun)
  The noun TROCHANTER has 1 sense:

1. one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached

  Familiarity information: TROCHANTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TROCHANTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("trochanter" is a kind of...):

appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)

Holonyms ("trochanter" is a part of...):

femoris; femur; thighbone (the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee)

 Context examples 

Fractures of the FEMUR HEAD, the FEMUR NECK (FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES), the trochanters, or the inter- or subtrochanteric region.

(Hip Fracture, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The short, constricted portion of the thigh bone between the femur head and the trochanter.

(Femoral Neck, NCI Thesaurus)

When testing for congenital dislocation of the hip, this is the result obtained when the examiner gently abducts the hip while pushing upward on the greater trochanter.

(Ortolani Maneuver, NCI Thesaurus)