Anat. rare–0. [a. F. trochiter (Chaussier), altered from TROCHANTER.) (See quot.) Hence Trochiterian a. [F. trochitérien].
1857. Dunglison, Med. Lex., Trochiter..., the larger of the two tuberosities at the upper extremity of the os humeri; so called because it affords insertion to rotator muscles.—Chaussier. Trochiterian, in the language of Chaussier, means any thing belonging or relating to the trochiter.
