Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a trochanter, in any sense; trochanterian or trochantinian: as, a trochanteric tuberosity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to one or both of the trochanters.
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- adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to the
trochanter of thefemur
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Examples
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One of the more common types of bursitis (trochanteric bursitis) involves the bursa on the hip bone.
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In two cases of extensive comminution of the upper third of the femur that I saw, the fissures stopped short at the inter-trochanteric line anteriorly, but in one of them a large angular fragment was torn out of the posterior surface of the neck.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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A characteristic gait marks inflammation of the trochanteric bursa, and as Gunther has put it, the subject generally moves or trots as does the dog -- the sound member being carried in advance of the affected one and the forward stride of the diseased leg is shortened.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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The trochanter is covered with cartilage, and a bursa (the trochanteric) is interposed between the tendon and the cartilage.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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The fibers converge and pass backward, lateralward, and upward, and end in a tendon which runs across the back of the neck of the femur and lower part of the capsule of the hipjoint and is inserted into the trochanteric fossa of the femur.
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The deep branch runs obliquely upward upon the tendon of the Obturator externus and in front of the Quadratus femoris toward the trochanteric fossa, where it anastomoses with twigs from the gluteal arteries.
VI. The Arteries. 6. The Arteries of the Lower Extremity 1918
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The medial surface, of much less extent than the lateral, presents at its base a deep depression, the trochanteric fossa (digital fossa), for the insertion of the tendon of the Obturator externus, and above and in front of this an impression for the insertion of the Obsturator internus and Gemelli.
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The posterior border is very prominent and appears as a free, rounded edge, which bounds the back part of the trochanteric fossa.
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These bands leave the pelvis through the lesser sciatic foramen and unite into a single flattened tendon, which passes horizontally across the capsule of the hip-joint, and, after receiving the attachments of the Gemelli, is inserted into the forepart of the medial surface of the greater trochanter above the trochanteric fossa.
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The broadening of the trochanteric region is greater, and the great trochanter is approximated to the acetabulum.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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