Look up: Hamstring

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   hamstring
   [n] - one of the tendons at the back of the knee 2. [v] - make ineffective or powerless 3. [v] - cripple by cutting the hamstring
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   Hamstring
   Either of two groups of tendons bounding the upper part of the popliteal space at the back of the knee and forming the tendons of insertion of some muscles of the back of the thigh
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   Hamstring
   Category of muscle that runs from the buttocks to the knee along the back of the thigh. It functions to flex the knee, and is oft times injured as a result of improper conditioning or lack of muscle flexibility.
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   Hamstring
   A tendon at the back of the knee.
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   Hamstring
   Hamstring: The prominent tendons at the back of the knee. They are the sidewalls of the hollow behind the knee. (This hollow is called the popliteal space). Both hamstrings connect to muscles that flex the knee. A pulled hamstring is a common athletic injury. The 'ham' of 'hamstring' comes from an Old Teutonic word 'ham' meaning crooked. This is in ...
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   hamstring
   muscles located at the back of the thigh that bend the knee and swing the leg backward from the hip. Category: Medicine
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   Hamstring
   Ham'string` (hăm'strĭng`) noun (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.
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   Hamstring
   Ham'string` transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hamstrung ; present participle & verbal noun 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 e ...
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   hamstring
   1. One of the tendons bounding the popliteal space on either side; the medial hamstring comprises the tendons of the semimembranosus and semitendinosus, gracilis, and sartorius muscles; the lateral hamstring is the tendon of the biceps femoris muscle. Hamstring muscles (a) have origin from the ischial tuberosity, (b) act across (at) both the hip an ...
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    hamstring
    hamstring tendon noun one of the tendons at the back of the knee
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    hamstring
    verb cripple by cutting the hamstring
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    hamstring
    verb make ineffective or powerless; `The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules`
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    Hamstring
    In human anatomy, a `hamstring` refers to one of the tendons that makes up the borders of the space behind the knee. In modern anatomical contexts, however, they usually refer to the tendons of the semitendinosus, the semimembranosus, and the biceps femoris. In quadrupeds, it refers to the single large tendon found behind the knee or comparable area. As shown in the diagram, the human hamstring occupies the posterior of the body of the femur.
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    hamstring
    (ham´string) one of the tendons that laterally and medially bound the depression in the popliteal fossa (posterior region of the knee). inner hamstrings the tendons of the gracilis, sartorius, and two other muscles of the lower limb. outer hamstring the ten...
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    Hamstring
    • (n.) 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. • (v. t.) 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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