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Definition of Trochanters
1. trochanter [n] - See also: trochanter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trochanters
Literary usage of Trochanters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dislocations and Joint-fractures by Frederic Jay Cotton (1910)
"FRACTURES THROUGH THE trochanters These fractures—by no means ... (2) Much
thickening at and behind the trochanters; obliteration of the digital fossa. ..."
2. The Principles of Surgery by James Syme (1863)
"The thigh-bone is much more frequently fractured through the trochanters and
neck, in consequence, generally, of falls on the side. ..."
3. The Mechanism of Dislocations and Fracture of the Hip: II. Litholapaxy Or by Henry Jacob Bigelow (1900)
"This is hardly possible, as I have elsewhere shown, unless the whole posterior
intertrochanteric mass, including the trochanters, is fairly detached (Figs. ..."
4. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1915)
"Legs slender, black with a blue reflection, trochanters silvery white beneath,
femora whitish beneath; tibiae and tarsi with a bronzy luster beneath; ..."
5. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1902)
"... and a peculiar long bristle on the middle trochanters in front, pointing in
the direction of the femur ; moreover, the last four species also have the ..."
6. Treatise on Fractures by John Bingham Roberts, James Alphonsus Kelly (1916)
"Fractures of the femur through the trochanters. Treatment.—As union of fragments
occurs in this region, the question of ..."
7. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1845)
"Ap. Trifolii may be distinguished from Ap. assimile and Ap. Fagi by having the
anterior trochanters pitchy and the four posterior black, whereas the two ..."
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