hamstring

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/ˈhæmstɹɪŋ/ English

Definitions

noun

One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.
The biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus muscles.

verb

To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough.
To cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.

Related words

Synonyms

hams cripple disable incapacitate hock hough hox paralysing crippling semitendinosus semimembranosus quadriceps tendon thigh vastus biceps femoris gastrocnemius femoral triangle vastus lateralis

Associated

femoris quadriceps adductor injury biceps sidelined tendon graft muscles strain tear sidelines

Rhymes

ring wring spring fling sting zing thing string swing offspring

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