TROCHANTER

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Meaning:

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

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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)