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trochantin (medicine) and plaited (iou)


trochantin (medicine)


trochantin -->
lesser trochanter


A pyramidal process projecting from the medial and proximal part of the shaft of the femur at the line of junction of the shaft and the neck; it receives the insertion of the psoas major and iliacus (iliopsoas) muscles.

Synonym: trochanter minor, small trochanter, trochantin.


plaited (iou)



plaited adjective. LME.
[from PLAIT: see -ED2, -ED1.]
Having or formed into a plait or plaits. LME.
Addison Tho' barks or plaited willows make your hive. G. Harris Two had the plaited hair and swarthy faces of Jorgan Islanders.
b. Wrinkled, corrugated, fluted, striated. E16.
plaited stitch a kind of herring-bone stitch used in worsted work or Berlin work.
fig. Involved, complicated, complex. LME-M17.