Semimembranosus
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A muscle in the back of the thigh; the most medial of the three hamstring muscles (meaning it is more to the inner of the thighs, not between the two others in one leg, which is the semitendinosus).
Example
More examples"The hamstring muscles include the biceps femoris, the semitendinosus and the semimembranosus."
Etymology
From Latin sēmimembrānōsus.