Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TRO-CHAN'TER
TRO-CHA'IC, or TRO-CHA'IC-ALTRO'CHE
TRO-CHAN'TER, n. [Gr. τροχαντηρ.]
In anatomy, the trochanters are two processes of the thighbone, called major and minor, the major on the outside, and the minor on the inside. Coxe. Cyc.
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