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What (who) is Hamstring - definition

THREE POSTERIOR THIGH MUSCLES
Hamstrings; Hamstring group; Hamstring muscles; Hamstring tendon
  • Tear of the hamstrings muscles at the ischial tuberosity seen on MRI (coronal STIR). The arrowheads indicate the tuber and the retracted tendon stump. Significant bleeding around and into the muscles.
  • Picture of pulled hamstring showing location of hamstring.

Hamstring         
·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.
II. Hamstring ·vt To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to Hough; hence, to cripple; to Incapacitate; to Disable.
hamstring         
¦ noun any of five tendons at the back of a person's knee.
?the great tendon at the back of a quadruped's hock.
¦ verb (past and past participle hamstrung)
1. cripple by cutting the hamstrings.
2. thwart or severely restrict.
Origin
C16: from ham1 + string.
hamstring         
v. a.
Hough.

Wikipedia

Hamstring

In human anatomy, a hamstring () is any one of the three posterior thigh muscles in between the hip and the knee (from medial to lateral: semimembranosus, semitendinosus and biceps femoris). The hamstrings are susceptible to injury. In quadrupeds, the hamstring is the single large tendon found behind the knee or comparable area.

Examples of use of Hamstring
1. No force can hamstring these efforts, the article concludes.
2. A torn hamstring will keep Woodgate out for a month.
3. Or is that the timely hamstring strain we were discussing earlier?
4. I had two dead legs and a tight hamstring and have only started five games.
5. But excessive debts can hamstring you for decades, limiting your cash flow and career options.