Anat. rare–0. [a. F. trochin (Chaussier), app. arbitrarily f. TROCHANTER; cf. TROCHANTIN.] (See quot.) Hence Trochinian a. [F. trochinien].
1857. Dunglison, Med. Lex., Trochin.… Chaussier has given this name to the smaller of the tuberosities at the upper extremity of the os humeri; because it gives attachment to one of the rotator muscles of the arm,—the subscapularis. Trochinian, that which belongs or relates to the trochin.
