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intertrochanteric line (medicine) and escalatory (iou)


intertrochanteric line (medicine)


intertrochanteric line


A rough line that separates the neck and shaft of the femur anteriorly; it passes downward and medially from the greater trochanter to the lesser trochanter and continues into the medial lip of the linea aspera.

Synonym: linea intertrochanterica, linea spiralis, spiral line.


escalatory (iou)



escalatory adjective. M20.
[from ESCALATE + -ORY2.]
Tending to escalate; conducive of or constituting escalation.