trochal disc


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
trochal disc
noun Zoology each of two projections below the neck of the femur (thigh bone) to which muscles are attached.
– origin C19: trochal from Gk trokhos ‘wheel’ + -al.
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