hamstring

About 0.34 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. 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.
2. noun The biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus muscles.
3. verb To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough.
4. verb To cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

Similar words

paralysing crippling semitendinosus semimembranosus quadriceps tendon thigh vastus biceps femoris gastrocnemius femoral triangle

Often followed by

muscles stretch the muscle and tendons tendon group tightness

Word family

hamstringing hamstrings hamstrung