亚洲网紅露点

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trochanter

[ troh-kan-ter ]

noun

  1. Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
  2. Zoology. any similar prominence on the femur in many other vertebrates.
  3. Entomology. (in an insect) the usually small second segment of the leg, between the coxa and femur.


trochanter

/ 迟谤蓹蕣藞办忙苍迟蓹 /

noun

  1. any of several processes on the upper part of the vertebrate femur, to which muscles are attached
  2. the third segment of an insect's leg
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 迟谤辞路肠丑补苍路迟别谤路颈肠 [troh-k, uh, n-, ter, -ik], 迟谤辞路肠丑补苍顎僼别谤路补濒 adjective
  • 蝉耻产顎卼谤辞路肠丑补苍路迟别谤顎僫肠 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of trochanter1

1605鈥15; < New Latin < Greek 迟谤辞肠丑补苍迟岣梤 ball on which the hip bone turns in its socket
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of trochanter1

C17: via French from Greek 迟谤辞办丑补苍迟脓谤 , from trekhein to run
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Example Sentences

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鈥淔urthermore, each leg of mine has seven sections鈥攖he coxa, the trochanter, the femur, the patella, the tibia, the metatarsus, and the tarsus.鈥

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

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They constitute a very serious and troublesome complication, and may occur on any part of the body subjected to pressure, but are most frequent over the sacrum and trochanters.

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From the iliac fossa from which it arises the fleshy fibres are directed towards the femur, to be inserted into the great trochanter.

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There was a distinct zone of slight hyperesthesia about as wide as the hand above the femoral trochanters.

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