trochanter

trochanter is a 10-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small trochanter. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 16 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small trochanter.
2. noun. The third joint of the leg of an insect, or the second when the trochantine is united with the coxa.
3. noun. one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached

Common word forms

trochanters, trochanteral

Words from these letters

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