Meaning of HAMSTRING
| Pronunciation: | | 'ham`string
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] one of the tendons at the back of the knee
- [v] cripple by cutting the hamstring
- [v] make ineffective or powerless; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules"
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| | Synonyms: | | hamstring tendon |
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| | See Also: | | bedevil, cripple, crucify, dun, frustrate, lame, rag, sinew, tendon, torment | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ham"string`\, n. (Anat.)
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.
\Ham"string`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hamstrung}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Hamstringing}. See {String}.]
To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee;
to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.
So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by
seeking to effeminate us all at home. --Milton.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Muscles located at the back of the thigh that bend the knee and swing the leg backward from the hip. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The hamstring is a group of three large fusiform femoral muscles (semitendinosus, semimembranosus, and long head of biceps femoris) on the back part of the thigh. They serve as: - extensors of the thigh at the hip joint
- flexors of the leg at the knee joint
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