HAMSTRING

Hamstring

In human anatomy, the hamstring is a group of tendons contracted by three posterior thigh muscles that make up the borders of the space behind the knee, or their corresponding tendons.

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hamstring

Noun

  1. 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.
  2. The biceps femoris muscle.

Verb

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


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