- greater trochanter
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Medical dictionary. 2011.
greater trochanter
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trochanter major — [TA] greater trochanter: a broad, flat process at the upper end of the lateral surface of the femur, to which several muscles are attached. Posterior aspect of left femur, showing the greater and lesser trochanters … Medical dictionary
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