Answer: trochanteric

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trochantericeither of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis
trochantericany similar prominence on the femur in many other vertebrates
trochantericof or like a trochanter, a rough eminence on the thigh bone to which muscles are attached also TROCHANTERAL
trochanteric(in an insect) the usually small second segment of the leg, between the coxa and femur