Definitions from Wiktionary (hamstring)
▸ noun: (anatomy) 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.
▸ noun: (informal) The biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus muscles.
▸ verb: (transitive) To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough.
▸ verb: (transitive, figurative) To cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.
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▸ noun: (anatomy) 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.
▸ noun: (informal) The biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus muscles.
▸ verb: (transitive) To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough.
▸ verb: (transitive, figurative) To cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.
Similar:
semitendinosus,
semimembranosus,
quadriceps tendon,
thigh,
vastus,
biceps femoris,
gastrocnemius,
femoral triangle,
vastus lateralis,
Achilles tendon,
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