Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. (Zool.) The third joint of the leg of an insect, or the
second when the trochantine is united with the coxa.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
trochanter
n 1: one of the bony prominences developed near the upper
extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached